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Upon
his call to the Ontario Bar in 1988 he preferred
to practise commercial litigation and joined Teplitsky,
Colson, where he stayed for some 15 years, before
starting his own litigation boutique-Stevensons
LLP. Stevensons LLP now has seven lawyers in two
locations.
Colin
has been a certified specialist in civil litigation
since 2000 and has experience in basically every
facet of that field. These days he spends most
of his time in real estate related litigation,
commercial litigation, employment litigation and
class actions.
Last
year Colin was extensively involved in making
representations to the LSUC and
the Ontario Government on behalf of the commercial
real estate bar in respect of what was known as
the "two lawyer" rule, i.e., the rule
that there be two different lawyers on either
side of purchase and sale transactions. The draft
rules were substantially amended to accommodate
the concerns of the commercial real estate lawyers.
He
is currently on the Public Affairs Committee of
the Civil Litigation executive of the OBA. He
is also a member of the ABA, the American Association
for Justice and the Advocates' Society.
His
recent articles are:
Trial
Tactics and Techniques (OBA Conference April
2010)
Understanding
Cost Implications Should You Lose, LSUC Practice
Gems: Class Actions (February 2010)
Duty Calls: The New Role of Experts in the Ontario
Civil Justice System (February 2010)
Reforming
the Law of Cross Border Litigation (OBA Fall 2009)
Maple
Leaf Case Study, Canadian Institute 10th Annual
Forum on Class Actions (2009)
What
Builders Should Know in a Challenging Real Estate
Market (BILD 2009)
Class
Action and Judicial Conflict, OBA Newsletter,
Fall 2008
Improving your odds of success in Certification
Motions in Ontario
(August 11, 2006)
Potholes
and Legal Actions (September 12, 2005) OBA
Continuing Legal Education: Become a Road Scholar
Contingency
Fee Arrangements (October 22, 2004) Osgoode
Professional Development Program: Complex issues
in Tort Litigation
Class
actions and real estate ((2002) 49 R.P.R.
(3d) 296)
Condominiums–Good Faith and Fiduciary
Duties ((2001) 41 R.P.R. 270)
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