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Meet Our Lawyers

Gareth Green

Associate

Samuel Hyman

Associate Counsel

Jean Yu

Associate Counsel

Yulin Shih

Associate

Stephen Schwartz

Partner

Jaclyn Mansfield

Associate

Oliver Wilson

Partner

Darrell Burns

Partner

Dennis Fitzpatrick

Partner

News & Events

Burns Fitzpatrick Welcomes Associate Gareth Green to the Firm

Gareth Green joins Burns Fitzpatrick after working as an Associate with a firm in Victoria. His practice will focus on insurance defense and general civil litigation. He has general... Read more

Burns Fitzpatrick Welcomes Associate Jaclyn Mansfield to the Firm

Jaclyn Mansfield joins Burns Fitzpatrick after completing her articles at a boutique litigation firm in Vancouver. Her practice will focus on insurance defence and commercial litigation. Jaclyn has already... Read more

We Are Pleased to Announce That Yulin Shih Has Joined the Firm as an Associate

Yulin Shih joins Burns Fitzpatrick after articling at a boutique full-service firm in downtown Vancouver. His practice is focused on insurance defence, and he also has experience in the... Read more

Balpreet S. Khatra Joins Burns Fitzpatrick as an Articling Student

We’re pleased to welcome our new articling student, Balpreet Singh Khatra, to the firm! Balpreet completed his law degree at the University of Birmingham (UK) and obtained a Masters... Read more

Insights

Special Costs in Commercial Foreclosure Proceedings

By: Dennis Fitzpatrick Typically security instruments in commercial lending situations contain contractual provisions requiring the borrower to pay the costs of the financial institution for securing and enforcing the collateral.... Read more

Priority Between Secured Creditors and Customers Who Pre-Paid for Services Not Delivered

By: Dennis Fitzpatrick and Kaja Marinic In New Solutions Financial Corp. v. 952339 Ontario Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decides that secured creditors have priority over students who paid in... Read more

Assigning Mortgages After Order Nisi

By: Dennis Fitzpatrick We are sometimes asked by a lender to transfer and assign a mortgage to another party after the mortgagee has obtained order nisi. The assignee then seeks order... Read more

Canada Revenue Agency Memorials to Secure Debt Claims

By: Dennis Fitzpatrick We are often asked whether the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has a secured claim for income taxes owed by a personal or corporate taxpayer. The easy... Read more