Practice profile - Partner with the firm, representing management-side clients in all areas of employment and labour law, including human rights, workers' compensation, occupational health and safety, privacy, wrongful dismissal, arbitration, collective bargaining, and related court proceedings
- Rated by his peers as a "leading practitioner" in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory in Employment Law, Labour Relations Law and Workplace Human Rights
- He has been a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Saskatchewan; Faculty of Business, University of Alberta; and Grant MacEwan Community College
- Chaired the labour section of the Canadian Bar Association (Alberta)
- Chaired the Federal/Provincial Labour Relations Committee of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
- Former Board Chair of the Edmonton Opera Association and current Chair of the Board of Tempo School, one of Alberta's most respected academic private schools
- Frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on a broad variety of employment law matters
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada 2006 under Labour and Employment Law
Representative work - Acted as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada on several significant labour relations cases
- Represented dozens of clients in certification and revocation of certification proceedings
- Acted as counsel in one of the largest wrongful dismissal claims in Alberta ($6 million claim)
- Acted as counsel for major national employer on several national policy issues
- Acted as counsel in Occupational Health and Safety, Workers' Compensation Board and Human Rights appeals and hearings
- Has counselled several clients through the course of difficult strikes and lockouts
To contact Hugh, call 780.482.9212 or email hmcphail@mross.com.
Bar Admissions
Saskatchewan, 1978
Alberta, 1979
Education
University of Saskatchewan, LLB and BA, 1976
Dalhousie University, LLM Cum Laude, 1979
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