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Litigation Lawyers • Commercial Lawyers • Insurance Lawyers • Privacy Lawyers
Allan A. Macdonald...
Allan A. Macdonald was called to the bar in 1995 and has practised at MacLeod & Company since 1998. He holds law degrees from Queen's University and Osgoode Hall and attended the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Mr. Macdonald practices in the areas of commercial and insurance litigation, freedom of information and privacy law, and municipal law. His commercial law practice focuses on contractual disputes, shareholder agreements, and directors' duties to company members. He has represented numerous clients across Canada on issues arising from tobacco tax regulation. He acted as Associate Editor of the Municipal & Planning Law Reports and has acted for numerous clients in cases against municipalities in both the B.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
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Since 1995, Mr. Macdonald has been an active member of the freedom of information and privacy bar. He was the founding Chair of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Section and is the current Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Freedom of Information of Privacy Association since 1995. He advises clients on all matters pertaining to freedom of information and privacy regulation in Canada and is currently advising on privacy litigation commenced in the United States Federal Court in San Francisco, California.
PUBLICATIONS:
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: A Primer, FIPA Bulletin January-February, 2001.
The Arrival of Bill C-6: What Lawyers Should Know About the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Volume 58 The Advocate (November, 2000).
What Lawyers Need to Know About the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act co-authored with Gerald Fahey in Bill C-6: The New Meaning of "Private" for the Private Sector, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (2000).
Associate Editor, Municipal and Planning Law Reports, 1994 - 1998.
Testing the Waters for Illegal Discrimination, (1996) The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, vol. 3, issue 22.
The Scope of Review of Subdivision Approving Officers: A Game of Inches, (1995) The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, vol. 3, issue 11.
Subdivision Approving Officers: A Reconsideration of Discretion, (1995) The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, vol. 3, issue 4.
Dissent and National Security, and Dissent Some More, co-authored with J.D. Whyte in Dissent and the State (Oxford University Press, 1989).
SEMINARS / PRESENTATIONS
October 12, 2000: Presentation regarding Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act draft regulations to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section, B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.
June 1, 2000: Planning Committee and Faculty Member at Bill C-6: The New Meaning of "Private" for the Private Sector course presented by The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.
January 20, 2000: Presentation regarding Bill 6 Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act for the British Columbia Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
January 20, 2000: Submissions on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch) Freedom of Information and Privacy Committee to the Special Committee of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Legislative Liaison, Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Section, 2001-present.
- Founding Chair, Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Section, 2000- 2001.
- Treasurer and Member of Board of Directors, Freedom of Information of Privacy Association, 1995 - present.
- Member, Municipal Law Subsection -- Canadian Bar Association, 1994.
- Member, Insurance Law Subsection -- Canadian Bar Association, 1997.
- Member, Civil Litigation Subsection -- Canadian Bar Association, 1996.
- Member, Business Law Subsection -- Canadian Bar Association, 1998.
To Contact Allan A. Macdonald:
By Phone: (604) 687-3759 By Fax: (604) 682-2534 By E-Mail: E-Mail Allan
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