Peter Downard Email & Phone Number

Canada

• Litigation counsel in trials, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, mediations, arbitrations and advisory matters; repeatedly recognized in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada• Sole author of the legal text Libel (Butterworths/LexisNexis, Third Edition, 2014; Second Edition, 2010; First Edition, 2003) and the volume Defamation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (2009 and 2013 Reissue); Lexpert leading practitioner in… Show more • Litigation counsel in trials, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, mediations, arbitrations and advisory matters; repeatedly recognized in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada• Sole author of the legal text Libel (Butterworths/LexisNexis, Third Edition, 2014; Second Edition, 2010; First Edition, 2003) and the volume Defamation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (2009 and 2013 Reissue); Lexpert leading practitioner in Defamation & Media• Appointed Member of Advisory Panel to the Attorney General of Ontario on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (“SLAPP”) and Freedom of Expression, 2010; recommendations introduced as the Ontario Protection of Public Participation Act, 2013 with all-party support• Legal writings cited as authority in numerous appellate and trial court decisions; numerous publications, speaking appearances and media interviews• Extensive public inquiry experience: Lead counsel to former Ontario Premier Mike Harris in The Ipperwash Inquiry, 2004-2006; Counsel to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in the Air India Inquiry; Amicus curiae on media access issues to The Mississauga Inquiry • Lead trial counsel in John Doe v O’Dell, (2003), 230 D.L.R. (4th) 383 (Ont.S.C.J) , in which his client obtained a record-setting judgment for the sexual abuse of a child• Comprehensive experience in civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Over 40 reported cases Show less

Litigation counsel in trials, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, mediations, arbitrations and advisory matters; repeatedly recognized in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in CanadaSole author of the legal text Libel (Butterworths/LexisNexis, Third Edition, 2014; Second Edition, 2010; First Edition, 2003) and the volume Defamation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (2009 and 2013 Reissue); Lexpert leading practitioner in… Show more Litigation counsel in trials, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, mediations, arbitrations and advisory matters; repeatedly recognized in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in CanadaSole author of the legal text Libel (Butterworths/LexisNexis, Third Edition, 2014; Second Edition, 2010; First Edition, 2003) and the volume Defamation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (2009 and 2013 Reissue); Lexpert leading practitioner in Defamation & MediaAppointed Member of Advisory Panel to the Attorney General of Ontario on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (“SLAPP”) and Freedom of Expression, 2010; recommendations introduced as the Ontario Protection of Public Participation Act, 2013 with all-party support Show less