Christopher D. Bredt, Lawyer
Contributing Editor, Conference Speaker
Federated Press Contributions
| Contributing Editor, Commercial Litigation (CommL) 1993– |
| Speaker, "Directors' Liability for Fraud and Other Personal Torts" Emerging Liabilities Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, December 3-5, 1996 |
| "Determining if Privileges Applies to a Law Firm's Response in an Audit Enquiry" (1993) 1 CommL 6 |
| "When Might Is Not Right: Awards of Solicitor and Client Costs to Complainants" (1994) 2 CommL 54 |
| "Discovery of a Competitor's Trade Secrets" (1997) 4 CommL 173 (co-authored with Benjamin T. Glustein) |
| "Supreme Court Decides Auditors Not Liable to Shareholders" (1997) 4 CommL 186 (co-authored with Lorne Sossin) |
| "The Availability of Summary Judgment in Fair Value Proceeedings" (1998) 5 CommL 226 (co-authored with Benjamin T. Glustein) |
| "Choice of Forum Clauses in Commercial Contracts" (1999) 6 CommL 294 |
Biography
| Born 23 September 1954 |
| Educated University of Western Ontario B.A. (Econ.) 1979, LL.B. 1979; Yale University LL.M. 1981; University of Paris (II) D.S.U. 1983 |
| Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 1988– |
| Assistant Deputy Minister, Constitutional Policy and Special Counsel, Government of Ontario 1989-93 |
| Associate with present firm 1984-88 |
| Called to the Bar of Ontario 1984 |
| Law Clerk to Mr. Justice McIntyre, Supreme Court of Canada 1979-80 |
| Lecturer, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University 1990–, University of Toronto Law School 1984-90 |
| Past Chair, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Administrative and Constitutional Law Sections |
| Author, numerous articles and papers on constitutional, administrative and commercial law |
Practice Description
| Mr. Bredt's practice consists of a wide range of areas of civil litigation, including commercial disputes, shareholder, oppression and other corporate disputes, constitutional and administrative law issues. He has appeared as counsel at all levels of the Ontario courts and in the Supreme Court of Canada. |
Address
| Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| .Scotia Plaza |
| 40 King Street West |
| Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y4 |
| Telephone: (416) 367-6165 |
| Telecopier: (416) 361-7063 |
| E-mail: cbredt@blgcanada.com |
| Web: www.blgcanada.com |
Entry updated August 2000