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Peter D. Banks: Attorney with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Biography

Executive Summary

Peter Banks is a partner in BLG's Construction Group and represents clients in a broad range of litigation matters in court and in arbitrations.

Peter practices construction litigation and acts on behalf of owners, contractors, and subcontractors in disputes arising from large scale construction and engineering projects. These cases include significant multimillion dollar claims involving breach of contract, deficiency claims, delay claims, liquidated damages claims, warranty and tendering issues.

He has also acted in significant cases involving commercial disputes, constitutional issues, shareholder disputes, injunctions, and publication bans.

Peter has experience before the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He clerked for Mr. Justice Major at the Supreme Court of Canada, and has since appeared as counsel at the Supreme Court on three significant cases, including one of the leading cases in Canada on the law of tendering.

He graduated from the University of Alberta as the gold medallist and the University of Oxford.

Community Involvement

•BLG Reads to Kids
•Scout Leader, 1st Okotoks Scouts
•Past Cub and Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Okotoks Scouts

Publications & Presentations

•Regular Contributor, Stevenson & Cote Alberta Civil Procedure Handbook (Juriliber)
•Presenter, International Arbitration, University of Calgary Faculty of Law Lecture
•Presenter, Update on the Law of Tendering - Last 5 Years of SCC Treatment and Outstanding Current Issues, Canadian Bar Association
•Co-Presenter, Updates on the Law of Tendering, Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton

Rankings & Recognitions

•Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada “Litigation Lawyer to Watch”
•Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40

Areas of Practice (5)

  • Construction Dispute Resolution
  • Construction Contracts
  • Corporate Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
  • International Arbitration
  • Appeal and Review

Education & Credentials

Contact Information:
403.232.9781  Phone
403.266.1395  Fax
www.blg.com/en/ourpeople/banks-peter
University Attended:
University of Alberta, B.Ed., with distinction, 1997
Law School Attended:
University of Alberta, LL.B., with distinction, Gold Medallist, 2002; University of Oxford, UK, B.C.L., with distinction, 2004
Year of First admission:
2003
Admission:
2016, Saskatchewan; 2003, Alberta
Memberships:

Professional Involvement

•Member, Law Society of Alberta
•Member, Canadian Bar Association
•Member, Calgary Bar Association
•Honorary Member, COMBAR Commercial Bar Association (England)
•Past member, the Alberta Law Review

Community Involvement

•Volunteer Cub Scout Leader, 1st Okotoks Scouts, 2013 - present
•Volunteer Beaver Leader, 1st Okotoks Scouts, 2012 - 2013

Reported Cases:
Representative Work: Counsel for a design build contractor in a dispute arising out of the design and construction of a major ring road project in southern Alberta; Counsel for an owner of a $1 billion sour gas processing plant in northern Canada in a multi-party UNCITRAL arbitration; Counsel on a multimillion dollar case arising on a major infrastructure project in the City of Calgary; Counsel for an EPC contractor involved in a dispute with the owner of a carbon capture plant; Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21 - constitutional challenge to a statutory publication ban; Canada v. McLarty, 2008 SCC 26 - meaning of expense incurred and factual non-arm-length dealings under the Income Tax Act; Double N Earthmovers Ltd. v. Edmonton (City), 2007 SCC 3 - leading case on the law of tendering
ISLN:
919823325

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Calgary, Alberta

  • Calgary, AB
    Centennial Place, East Tower , 1900, 520 - 3rd Avenue S.W.
    Calgary, AB T2P 0R3
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