Updates Archive
2003 | 01-03
Friday, January 17, 2003
We are pleased to announce that Harris & Company and Colin G.M. Gibson have joined our law practices together. Colin became a partner of the firm effective January 1, 2003.
Before joining Harris & Company, Colin was a partner of another British Columbia law firm, where he practiced labour relations and employment law for over sixteen years.
Colin acts for a wide variety of private and public sector employers. He regularly appears before the B.C. Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, arbitration boards, employment standards and human rights tribunals, and the courts. Colin has been employer counsel in high profile cases at the B.C. Labour Relations Board, the B.C. Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to his counsel work, Colin also acts as spokesperson for employers in collective bargaining, sits as the employer’s nominee on arbitration boards, and acts as a neutral mediator in employment disputes.
Colin is a former Chair of the Labour Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch), and a longstanding member of the Human Resources Management Association. He has written many articles on labour relations, arbitration and employment law, and is a well-known speaker on those subjects at Continuing Legal Education, Human Resources Management Association and other seminars.
Friday, January 17, 2003
We are pleased to announce that Harris & Company, Michael A. Coady and Vincent P. Johnston have joined our law practices together. Both Michael and Vince became partners of the firm effective January 1, 2003.
Michael Coady was formerly a partner in a large law firm in Vancouver. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1974. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University with a Masters of Laws in 1976, previously graduating from Dalhousie University Law School with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1972. Prior to that, in 1969, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Dunstans University.
Michael has over 25 years experience in all aspects of labour and employment law, including extensive experience as counsel before the B.C. Labour Relations Board and the Canada Industrial Relations Board, in arbitration and human rights matters, and at all levels of the judicial system. In addition to his work as counsel, he regularly acts as senior advisor to private sector employers in the mining, transportation, education, service and other industries. He assists clients in developing effective strategies in response to complex labour and employment issues, including union certifications, common employer and successorship applications, human rights complaints, duty to accommodate cases, and many others. He has written and spoken extensively in the labour and employment areas.
Vincent Johnston was also a partner in a large law firm in Vancouver. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1990 and the British Columbia Bar in 1998. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1981 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1984. He practices in the areas of labour and employment law, workers compensation and human rights.
