Brian P. Casey

Brian P. Casey

E-mail:bcasey@boyneclarke.ca

Phone:902-460-3468

Fax:902-463-7500

Assistant: Lisa Giles -lgiles@boyneclarke.ca

Brian Casey routinely conducts trials and appeals in commercial, civil, criminal and disciplinary matters. Born in Red Deer, Alberta, he has been successful counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada and in the Courts of Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, as well as before the Federal Court and a variety of administrative boards. His court appearances have resulted in more than 100 reported decisions.

Brian has appeared as counsel for the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society; Canada Trust; the Bank of Nova Scotia; the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association; Dr. Henry Morgentaler; Paul Watson; the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro; the Christian Brothers of Canada; the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal; the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission; the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union; the IFAW and as Consumer Advocate before the Public Utilities Board. He has been a special prosecutor for the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador and renewed his Practicing Status there in 2011.

Brian has acted as counsel for parents seeking to keep their school open, in defamation proceedings, and in complicated civil proceedings. He has defended doctors, lawyers, nurses and other professionals from complaints of misconduct before their disciplinary bodies.

Brian is an associate and practices in the firm’s Commercial and Criminal Litigation sections. He teaches part time at the Dalhousie Law School and is the debate coach at Sacred Heart School of Halifax, where his wife Patricia Donnelly is Headmistress.

EDUCATION

  • 1981: LLB, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1978: Bachelor of Arts, First Class, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

EMPLOYMENT

  • 2006 – Present: Associate, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • 2002 – 2006: Associate Lawyer, Joel E. Pink & Associates, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1999 – 2002: Associate Lawyer, Burchells, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1994 – 1999: Sole Practitioner, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1992 – 1994: Partner, Glube Jewell Casey, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1988 – 1992: Partner, Gittens/Casey, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1986 - 1988: Associate Lawyer, O'Brien & Furey, St. John's, Newfoundland

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Officer and past president, Canadian Student Debating Federation
  • Past Chair, HomeBridge Youth Society
  • Parishioner St. Patrick’s Church

BAR ACTIVITIES

  • Member - Nova Scotia Bar (1983)
  • Member - The Law Society of Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Member - Canadian Bar Association
  • Member - Nova Scotia Criminal Lawyers’ Association

TEACHING

  • Dalhousie Law School, Trial Advocacy Course
  • Universite de Sherbrooke, Contracts (Transnational Course)
  • Newfoundland Bar Admission Course

PUBLICATIONS

Brian has contributed chapters to the following legal publications:

  • From Crime to Punishment (Carswell);
  • Legal Research Handbook (2nd ed.) (Butterworths)
  • Sentencing in Newfoundland
  • Bar Admission Materials used in Newfoundland and Labrador

Brian has also written widely on debating.

AWARDS

  • Leonard Kitz QC Award (Advocacy)
  • Horace E Read Award (Greatest all round contribution to scholarship and student life, Dalhousie Law School)

AREAS OF PRACTICE