E-mail: tboyne@boyneclarke.ca
Phone: 902.460.3410
Fax: 902.463.7500
Assistant: Carolyn Peters - cpeters@boyneclarke.ca
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Tom received his Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and LL.B. in 1971, both from Dalhousie University. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1971 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.
Tom is a Partner and practices in the areas of Commercial Real Estate Development, Business Law, and Bankruptcy & Insolvency. Practicing law for nearly 40 years, Tom was a Founding Partner of Boyne, Crocker & Jones when the firm began in 1972 and during that period has served the firm in numerous capacities including Managing Partner and as a member and chair of various committees. Tom currently serves on the firm's Articling Committee.
Active in the affairs of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, Tom has sat on Bar Council and committees of the Bar Society, acted as a Claims Review Officer for the Nova Scotia Barrister Society Liability Claims Fund and currently is a member of the Discipline Hearing Committee. Tom has also been active with a number of community boards and charitable organizations.
Tom has been recognized by his peers and is regularly included in Best Lawyers in Canada and Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
EDUCATION
- 1971: LL.B., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1968: Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
EMPLOYMENT
- 1981 – Present: Senior Partner, BOYNECLARKE LLP, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- 1972 – 1981: Founding Partner, Boyne, Crocker & Jones Barristers & Solicitors, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
- Member – Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- Member – Canadian Bar Association
- Member Discipline Hearing Committee – Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- Former Claims Review Officer – Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Liability Claims Fund (1989-1995)
- Former Bar Council Member – Nova Scotia Barristers' Society (1980-1983)
- Past President – Dartmouth Barristers' Society
- Lecturer – Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Bar Admission Course
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Former Director and Secretary – Nova Scotia Nature Trust
- Former Director – Northwood Foundation (2001 – Present)
- Former Secretary and Board Member – Nova Scotia Nature Trust
- Former Director – Dalhousie Alumni Association
- Former Member – Dalhousie University ‘Black Gold Club’
- Former Member – IWK Foundation Board of Directors (1996)
- Former Member– Izaak Walton Killam Children's Hospital Board of Governors (1995-1997)
- Former Director – IWK Grace Health Centre Board of Trustees
- Former Member – Dalhousie Law School Alumni Association (1991-93)
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Appointed Queen's Counsel (1988)
- Provincial Judges Salary Tribunal
- Attourney General’s Advisory Committee on Queen’s Counsel Appointments
- Selected for the 2006 inaugural edition of Best Lawyers in Canada published by Best Lawyers
- Included in 2009 & 2010 Best Lawyers in Canada published by Best Lawyers
- Listed in the 2007 Canadian Legal LExpert Directory (11th Edition)
PUBLICATIONS
- Claims Wise Bulletins – NSBLCF – 1991-1994
PRESENTATIONS
- Loss Prevention – Real Estate Conference
- Bar Admission Course – 1993
- Loss prevention, Real estate Seminar 1994
- Commercial Lease – 1996
- CBA- Nova Scotia Business law Seminar – 1998.
- Bankruptcy – Rigths of Creditors & Debtors – The Echo group , 2005