Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Administrative Law (2022 Reissue) / Agriculture (2022 Reissue) / Alternative Dispute Resolution (2022 Reissue)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Guy Régimbald, B.S.Sc., LL.B., B.C.L. (Oxon.), was appointed to the Federal Court, and ex officio member of the Federal Court of Appeal, on October 7, 2022. He obtained his LL.B. from the University of Ottawa and his B.C.L. (Master of Laws) from the University of Oxford. He was called to the Law Society of Ontario in 2002, the Barreau du Québec in 2007 and the Law Society of Nunavut in 2016. Prior to his appointment, Justice Régimbald was a partner and the National Leader of the Administrative Law Group at Gowling WLG, where his practice focused on constitutional and administrative law, Indigenous law, intellectual property and taxation. Prior to joining Gowling WLG, Justice Régimbald was a law clerk to Justices Marshall Rothstein and John C. Major of the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as for Justice Marc Noël (now Chief Justice) at the Federal Court of Appeal. He also worked for the Department of Justice in the Constitutional and Administrative Law Section and for the Privy Council of Canada, and taught constitutional law, administrative law and international law at the University of Ottawa. Justice Régimbald is the author of Canadian Administrative Law, co-author of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Administrative Law and co-author of The Law of the Canadian Constitution. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for his work in administrative and public law and in appellate practice (including as lawyer of the year in both categories), by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Indigenous law and litigation – public law, by Chambers Canada in Litigation: public and administrative law, and by Managing Intellectual Property in copyright law and trademarks. At the time of his appointment, Justice Régimbald was Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee and Past Chair of the CBA’s Administrative Law Section. He also served on the executive of the CBA’s Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section.

Matthew Estabrooks, LL.B., is a partner in the Ottawa office of Gowling WLG, practicing in the areas of copyright law, appellate advocacy and administrative law. As a member of the advocacy department and the copyright group, Matthew’s copyright law practice includes both copyright litigation and extensive involvement in proceedings before the Copyright Board of Canada. As a member of the Supreme Court of Canada Services Group, Matthew prepares applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, represents clients on appeals and motions in the Supreme Court and advises clients on all aspects of Supreme Court practice and procedure. Matthew is also the managing editor of Gowling WLG’s Supreme Court of Canada Bulletin and a contributor to Supreme Court Practice – 2022. Matthew has appeared before the Copyright Board, the Ontario Superior Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Matthew has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in Intellectual Property Law.

John J. Wilson, B.A. (Hons.), J.D., B.C.L. (Oxon.), is an associate in the Toronto office of Gowling WLG, practicing in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law, Crown liability law, Indigenous law, and regulatory law. He has appeared before all levels of the Federal and Ontario courts, as well as the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. In the constitutional realm, John has advised on and litigated matters of parliamentary privilege, division of powers issues and Charter issues. In the administrative law space, John acts for public and private clients, including statutory boards, public organizations, First Nations and individuals in administrative proceedings and in judicial review applications in various courts. In the regulatory space, he advises regulators, public bodies and other public organizations on matters of statutory authority, statutory interpretation and policy and procedure. He regularly advises private clients that are regulated by public authorities. He is also co-author of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Administrative Law. John has also acted for First Nations and Inuit governments in a variety of proceedings, including self-government negotiations, litigation involving the interpretation and application of modern and historic treaties, resource revenue sharing, contested elections, membership eligibility and the duty to consult.

Donald Buckingham, LL.B., Dip. Int. Law, LL.D., has been a private lawyer, law professor, government legal counsel, administrative judge and consultant in the areas of food law, agriculture law, administrative law, environmental law and international trade in agricultural and agri-food products for the past 35 years. Now operating a food, agriculture, environmental and regulation consulting practice in Ottawa, he acted as Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) from 2017 to 2020 and as Chairperson of the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (CART) from 2009 to 2017. In November 2021, Dr. Buckingham was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame for his life-long contribution in identifying, systemizing, researching and advocating for the development of sound legal rules, structures and processes necessary to support a sustainable and productive agriculture and agri-food sector in Canada. Passionate about the various aspects of agriculture and food since he was a child growing up on a northwest Saskatchewan farm, Dr. Buckingham pursued his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Saskatchewan in French and Philosophy. Halfway through his degree, he travelled to Senegal in west Africa to work on an agriculture and reforestation project, which led him later to complete a Master’s degree in development studies at the Université de Liège in Belgium. He then went on to complete his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Saskatchewan, his Master’s of Law degree at the University of Cambridge and his Docteur: Droit Public/Doctor of Laws degree jointly from the University of Montpellier 1 in France and the University of Ottawa. Dr. Buckingham has taught law courses full-time and part-time at several law schools across Canada (Western, Saskatchewan and Ottawa), in Europe (Montpellier 1) and in Africa (Stellenbosch) as well as at the undergraduate level (Trinity Western University). His areas of professional interest are wide and varied and include agricultural law and policy, food law and policy, the public regulation of food and agriculture, the international trade of agriculture and food products, environmental law, food and beverage labelling law, the law of sustainable development, administrative law, evidence law and tort law.

Duncan W. Glaholt, B.A., J.D., FCIArb., is the founder of and counsel to the leading and nationally recognized construction law firm of Glaholt Bowles LLP, consistently peer rated as one of Canada’s most highly recommended mid-sized construction law practices. Mr. Glaholt is the recipient of the 2014 OBA Award of Excellence in Construction Law and the Toronto Construction Association’s Donald Griffin Jr. Award, 2018. Mr. Glaholt has been named one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the Construction Law category in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Media publication “Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada” in each year in which that category appeared in publication. Mr. Glaholt has maintained Martindale & Hubble’s highest possible AV rating for many years. He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Construction Law. Mr. Glaholt is an experienced arbitrator and mediator and is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Mr. Glaholt is a Founding Fellow and Past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers. Mr. Glaholt is author and co-author of standard reference books on lien legislation, construction law and alternative dispute resolution in Canada, and is an Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Markus Rotterdam, Dipl.-Jur., LL.M., is Director of Research at Glaholt Bowles LLP in Toronto. He has co-authored numerous books, articles and presentations with Duncan Glaholt. After graduating from law school at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany in 1994, where he worked as a Research Associate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Mr. Rotterdam received an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997. He holds an Academy Certificate from the Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands (1992). Mr. Rotterdam was the editor of the Construction Law Letter, a bi-monthly national newsletter for the construction industry, also published by LexisNexis Canada, from 2014 to 2017.