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Paul Edwards is a partner in Gowlings’ Calgary office, practising in the area of commercial litigation and environmental law, with emphasis on oil and gas and employment related matters.
Paul has appeared before the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench and the Alberta Court of Appeal in numerous commercial actions and appeals related to oil and gas matters, environmental and employment law matters, as well as issues of commercial law generally. He has represented a large number of companies and employees on employee law issues, including wrongful dismissal, pension benefits, other benefits, employment agreements, confidentiality and non-competition agreements and employees' fiduciary duties and duty of confidentiality. He has also assisted employers in defending human rights complaints.
In 1990, Paul was seconded to the Environmental Law Centre (Edmonton) under its lawyer secondment program.
Paul has delivered a number of papers and articles on issues of oil and gas law and environmental law, including:
The Al-Pac Review Hearings: A Case Study (Environmental Law Centre, 1990)
"Confidentiality in Environmental Auditing," (1991) 1 J.E.L.P.1
"Environmental Audits and Privilege: The Courts Make their Debut," (1993) 3 J.E.L.P.204
"Practice Points on Three Aspects of Oil and Gas Property Transactions -- Operatorship, Confidentiality and Title Review," (co-authored with E. Mitchell Shier, Insight Conferences, Feb. 5, 1999)
"Payout Accounts," (joint presentation with John Ballem) at the 6th Annual Joint Conference of the Canadian Gas Producers Association and the Petroleum Joint Venture Association, November, 1999)
"Special Problems Arising Under Operating Agreements," (Insight Conferences, November 1, 1996)
"Protecting Against Environmental Liability Arising from Drilling and Servicing Operations," (paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, April, 1991)
"Personal Liability of Directors and Officers for Environmental Offences and Civil Wrongs -- An Overview" (University of Calgary, World Environment Conference, April, 1991)
"Changing Environmental Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry," (Insight Conferences, November 5, 1990) |
