Peter Pliszka Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Peter is Co-chair of Fasken’s Life Sciences Group and the National Chair of its Product Liability and Insurance Group, which has been named Canada’s Product Liability Firm of the Year by Benchmark Canada in 2014,2016,2017,2018,and 2019, and the LMG Life Sciences Canadian Product Liability Firm of the Year in 2015,2016, and 2019. Peter has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and other Canadian provinces, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.Peter has substantial experience as defence counsel for manufacturing companies in private action and class action product liability and consumer rights proceedings. He has frequently served as lead national defence counsel for clients in product liability class actions in Canada involving motor vehicles, drugs, medical devices, food and sports equipment. Peter also has extensive experience advising on Canadian defence of cross-border legal proceedings involving parallel claims on both sides of the Canada-US border. In this capacity, Peter closely collaborates with clients’ outside counsel in the US, developing and executing defence plans in a strategic and cost-efficient manner.Peter advises manufacturers, distributors and retailers on the regulatory requirements of various product risk management issues and corrective actions including warnings and recalls.Peter’s client base and his reputation are international in scope. He is regularly retained by clients from the US, Europe, and Asia in legal matters in Canada, and he has substantial experience in the area of private international law. In this context, Peter has been counsel in several leading cases respecting the law of jurisdiction in Canada, and in particular, Peter was counsel for the foreign defendant in the precedent-setting case of Van Breda, which established a new (and improved, from the perspective of corporate defendants) test for determining when a Canadian court is entitled to take jurisdiction over a foreign defendant sued in a Canadian court.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.)

Bachelor Of Arts (Gold Medal-Econ.)