Paul Fairweather Direct Line: 604 891 2218 pfairweather@harrisco.com
	"Designing and implementing practical, cost-effective and timely solutions."

Before becoming a lawyer, Paul spent 11 years as a teacher and principal in the public school system in British Columbia. He continues to bring this practical experience to bear in his approach to client issues in the labour and employment context.

Paul''s practice focuses on providing advice and advocacy on a broad spectrum of labour, employment, privacy and human rights issues to clients in diverse industries, including a number of independent schools. He has appeared before numerous administrative tribunals and arbitration panels in both the federal and provincial sphere, as well as before the superior courts of British Columbia and the Federal Court. He is often invited to speak to groups on a variety of topics, including discrimination and harassment, the duty to accommodate, employment standards, privacy and risk management.

Paul has a Masters degree in Educational Administration from UBC. Upon graduation from law school in 1993, he spent a year as clerk to Madam Justice McLachlin (now Chief Justice McLachlin) at the Supreme Court of Canada. He was called to the bar of British Columbia in 1995.

Prior to joining Harris & Company in 2006, Paul was a partner in the Vancouver office of a large national law firm.

Direct Line: 604 891 2218

pfairweather@harrisco.com