Duncan’s trial and appellate practice includes wills, estates and trusts related litigation, complex commercial litigation including shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty cases and breach of contract claims, litigation concerning interests in real property, claims arising from securities and mortgage brokerage transactions, and cases involving professional negligence claims.
Duncan also represents clients before administrative tribunals such as the Financial Institutions Commission, the Employment Standards Tribunal and the Human Rights Commission, and at mediations and arbitrations.
Law is all about helping people achieve their present goals in a manner that prevents future issues from arising; this is something that Katharina is passionate about. Katharina advises and assists her clients on how to best achieve their goals in an efficient, forward thinking and cost-conscious manner.
Katharina is a solicitor practicing in the areas of corporate/commercial, real estate and lending. She regularly acts for individuals, businesses, private lenders and financial institutions and understands the unique needs of her clients in each of the aforementioned areas.
In his practice, Pat Haberl focuses on advising clients about structuring and completing many kinds of business transactions, contracts and mergers and acquisitions. He is often involved as counsel on corporate reorganizations and the establishment of holding structures and trusts. He also plays an active role in closing financing transactions. Pat’s clients are entrepreneurs who demand prompt, quality work. Pat is available 24/7 to meet those demands.
Pat is Owen Bird Law Corporation’s Personal Property Security Act expert. Other lawyers in the firm consult him about secured financing transactions, security packages from other parts of the world, and relevant due diligence searches.
Greg practices commercial litigation, with a focus on insurance, including the following areas:
Coverage. Greg advises insurers on coverage under a wide range of policies including commercial property, builders risk, general and commercial liability, wrap-up liability, professional liability, directors & officers, errors & omissions, hull and machinery, P&I, cargo, and environmental impairment. Greg has acted as counsel or otherwise advised in complex coverage disputes, including disputes involving bad faith allegations, cross-border issues, complex trigger and allocation issues, reinsurance disputes, primary-excess disputes, and breach of warranty or condition.
Energy. Greg has acted as counsel and/or advised in a wide range of energy matters including pipeline, rig, plant, tank and platform failures. Greg has sat as a member of the British Columbia Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, the Forest Appeals Commission and the Environmental Appeal Board.
Marine. Greg has acted as counsel and/or advised in a wide range of maritime matters, including complex cargo claims, ship collisions, and crew injury claims. Greg acts in this area for P&I clubs, hull and machinery insurers, cargo insurers, port authorities and major terminals.
Defence and Subrogation. Greg has acted in a wide range of commercial litigation matters, as insurance defence counsel or otherwise, including product liability claims, aviation claims, mining disputes, social/commercial host liability claims, professional negligence claims, contract disputes, commercial agriculture disputes and shareholder disputes.
Class Actions. Greg regularly acts as defence counsel, coverage counsel and monitoring counsel in connection with class actions in various sectors, including historical abuse, product liability, competition and consumer protection and COVID-related matter.
Arbitration and Appraisal. Greg has acted as arbitrator and appraiser in connection with insurance disputes, including appraisal and valuation issues. Greg has extensive arbitration experience, including commercial disputes, rent and valuation disputes and cross-border/international commercial arbitration matters.
Non-Insurance Counsel Work. Greg acts as counsel in non-insurance matters, in certain specific areas of practice, including judicial reviews and statutory appeal, First Nations consultation/accommodation disputes, complex insolvency proceedings, and proceedings to enforce contractual/intellectual property rights.
Terence, a shareholder with Owen Bird Law Corporation, is a senior litigator with the firm and represents clients at all levels of the Courts in British Columbia. Terence has represented clients in a variety of matters from complex corporate commercial disputes to family law matters.
Never one to shy away from a court battle, Terence is dedicated to achieving the best results for his clients, whether that is through trial or achieving a settlement under alternate dispute resolutions. His preparation, analysis and approach to the issues is backed by over 20 years of trial experience which achieves the results clients expect.
Paul has over 30 years of experience advising clients on real estate, corporate and commercial transactions. Paul is efficient and effective. He is driven to achieve successful results for his clients in a practical and cost-effective manner. He takes a common-sense, hands-on approach. Paul would be pleased to discuss your matter with you in person, and he would invite you to contact him directly at the telephone, email or fax details listed on this page.
In his 30+ years of practice, Paul has developed a broad solicitor practice. Paul specializes in commercial real estate transactions (purchases, sales, financings, leasing, dispute resolution, etc.), from small single-tenant projects to large office complexes and shopping centres. Paul also advises his clients on a wide variety of business, corporate, and commercial transactions.
Paul is a civil litigator with experience appearing before all levels of court in British Columbia and at the Supreme Court of Canada. Paul joined Owen Bird as a litigation associate in 2005 after articling with the firm. Before joining Owen Bird Paul worked as a law clerk for two justices of the B.C. Court of Appeal.
Paul obtained a bachelor of education in 1999 from the University of Victoria. He worked as a public school teacher until enrolling at the University of Victoria where he completed his LL.B.
Paul graduated from law school with the Law Society Gold Medal for highest academic standing in his class.
Chris has practiced commercial law at Owen Bird Law Corporation for 32 years and has been recognized by the Chambers Global publication as one of “The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business”. He takes a practical “hands on” approach to the practice of law, with the goal of establishing long term relationships with his client base.
Chris has acted for clients ranging from sole proprietorships to the largest privately owned company in Western Canada as well as public companies, municipal governments, and the Province of British Columbia. In addition to negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, Chris also represents clients before regulatory bodies such as the British Columbia Utilities Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Chris has particular expertise in energy law and communications law and has advised clients on energy supply agreements, disposition and purchase of energy and communications assets, utility rates, rate design and many other aspects of utility contracts, tariffs and regulation as well as the creation of district energy systems.
