William Berardino

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William ("Bill") S. Berardino,

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He graduated from the

Queen's Counsel in 1985.[1]

He is a partner in Hunter Litigation Chambers. His practice area is general litigation representing clients before the Supreme and Appellate Courts of British Columbia and the Federal Court of Canada. Berardino was atop the 2011 Chambers Global list of top class-action lawyers in Canada.[2]

In 1986, as part of a

libel case against The Globe and Mail and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Berardino won a judgement to permit his client the Bank of British Columbia to view CBC's videotapes of interviews that were not broadcast. The BC Court of Appeals later overturned the decision.[3]

Berardino represented the federal government of Canada before the Courts of the Yukon and Northwest Territories and the Federal Court of Canada to defend the constitutional validity of the

Imperial Tobacco v. British Columbia) to the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn provincial legislation permitting governments to recoup medical costs from tobacco companies for smoking-related illnesses[4]

Berardino was also a member of the judicial reform committee chaired by Ted Hughes that led to significant changes in the British Columbia judicial structure.[5]

During the high-profile BC Rail case, the Law Society of British Columbia investigated a complaint that his law firm had not disclosed that it had donated $500 to the political campaign of former Attorney-General

R. v. Basi, Berardino successfully argued before the Supreme Court of Canada to protect the identity of an informant.[8]

In 2007, he wrote a letter on behalf of City of Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan that warned city councillor Raymond Louie about potential defamation.[9]

References

  1. ^ Lawyer Profile, Chambers and Partners legal directory
  2. ^ Financial Post Staff (March 22, 2011). "Chambers Global 2011: Canada's top class action lawyers". Financial Post. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  3. Canadian Press (March 12, 1986). "CBC may keep tapes, court rules". Windsor Star
    . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Corporate website
  5. ^ Lawyer Profile, Chambers and Partners legal directory
  6. ^ BC Rail Special Prosecutor cleared of professional misconduct Globe & Mail, June 22, 2010
  7. ^ News Release, Law Society of BC, June 22, 2010
  8. ^ Hume, Mark (Dec 14, 2009). "Basi-Virk trial tussles with secrecy issue". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  9. ^ "Louie maintains he didn't defame Sam". The Province. December 21, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

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