Mr Douglas R Eyford, Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP - Vancouver BC, Canada
Background
Mr. Eyford is a litigation partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and practices in the firm's Vancouver office. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. Mr. Eyford was admitted to the British Columbia bar in 1991.
Areas of Practice
- Mr. Eyford practices in the area of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution with an emphasis on stockbroker - investment dealer litigation and regulatory enforcement, insurance and tort litigation, professional negligence, product liability, and media law.
Professional Experience
- Mr. Eyford has appeared as counsel in the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, the Manitoba Court of Appeal and before regulatory and administrative tribunals. He also has experience in alternative forms of dispute resolution, representing clients at arbitrations and mediations.
- Recent decisions where Mr. Eyford appeared as counsel include:
- British Columbia Securities Commission v. Bapty et al. 2006 BCSC 683
- Sibley v. British Columbia Custom Car Association et al. 2005 BCSC 509
- Rowe v. Bobell Express Ltd. (2005), 251 D.L.R. (4th) 290 (B.C.C.A.)
- HMTQ v. Canadian National Railway Company 2004 BCSC 283
- Gill v. Canadian Venture Exchange Inc. (2003), 15 B.C.L.R. (4th) 259, 26 C.C.E.L. (3d), (B.C.C.A.)
- Sander v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, [2003] I.L.R. I-4165, 10 B.C.L.R. (4th) 203 44 C.C.L.I. (3d) 181(B.C.C.A.); affirming, [2001] I.L.R. I-4165, 99 B.C.L.R. (3d) 158, 33 C.C.L.I (3d) 305 (B.C.S.C.)
Professional and Community Activities
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
- Guest Lecturer at the Professional Legal Training Course on trial advocacy and practice.
- Guest Lecturer at Langara College and the University of British Columbia on media law issues.
- Publications, Papers, Seminars, Presentations
- "Causation in Tort Claims", BLG Insurance and Tort Seminar, May 2002;
- "The Duty to Act Reasonably: A Case Commentary on Sander v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada", The Canadian Institute's Managing and Litigating Clinical Depression Disability Claims, Toronto, June, 2003;
- "The Application of Causation and Mitigation Principles in Disability Insurance Claims", The Canadian Institute's 5th Annual Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, Toronto, November 2004;
- “Determining What is ‘Reasonable’ or ‘Appropriate’ Medical Treatment and Duty to Mitigate”, Insight Conference, Vancouver, April 2004;
- “The Role of Neuropsychological Assessments in Determining Disability”, Insight Conference, Vancouver, September 2005.
Practice areas to which Douglas R. Eyford belongs:
- Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group
- Insurance and Tort Liability
- Media Law and Defamation
- Product Liability
- Securities Litigation/Broker Liability
