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Call to the Bar
British Columbia, 1985

Areas of Expertise

Pay Equity
Regulatory & Public Law
Appellate Litigation & Judicial Review
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Civil & Commercial Litigation
Class Actions
Construction Litigation
Libel & Slander
Product Liability
Employment Litigation
Administrative & Constitutional Law
Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment


Robert W. Grant
 

Robert W. Grant began his career as an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. His research and teaching focused on public law including constitutional and administrative law. He joined Heenan Blaikie in 1992 and became a partner in 1996.

He has experience pleading before the British Columbia Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Courts of Canada, the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared on his clients' behalf before numerous administrative tribunals.

Mr. Grant is a Director of the British Columbia Law Institute.

 
Education
LL.M., Harvard University, 1986
M.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1985
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1984
B.Sc., University of Manitoba, 1979
 
 
Professional Affiliations
British Columbia Law Institute
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of British Columbia
 
Representative Work

Counsel to the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) as respondent in a human rights complaint by the Public Service Alliance of Canada alleging systemic discrimination in the pay of employees in largely female jobs in the GNWT's public service and in its recent physician negotiations.