Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff) - Nationwide - Canada
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What the Team is Known For
Strengths
There are great lawyers at Siskinds.
Work Highlights
Siskinds represented the plaintiffs in a class action against Syngenta regarding its Paraquat weedkiller, alleging the product causes Parkinson’s disease. The firm was successful at the certification stage.
Notable practitioners
London-based Charles Wright is a pre-eminent lawyer who is recognised for handling some of the market's largest and most high-profile class actions, with competition and securities law being areas of particular proficiency. He is the leader of the firm's class action group.
Charles is a very professional and practical advocate. He is calm and resolves cases in a mutually satisfactory way.
Charles is a titan of the plaintiff bar and a market leader.
Charles has excellent judgement, is very smart and he does very well in negotiations and has a big-picture strategy.
What is special about Charles is his judgement and the way he assesses and attacks a problem.
Toronto-based Daniel Bach is adept at handling securities and consumer class actions, as well as those relating to medical devices.
Daniel is a very good advocate. We always get strong written materials from him and he is good on his feet in court - he gets his head into complex and technical evidence and presents it effectively to the court.
Daniel is extremely sharp, quick and an effective advocate in court and in the mediation setting.
Daniel has a comprehensive knowledge of class action litigation. He is smart and exercises good legal and commercial judgement.
Daniel is a great overall litigator, an expert in securities and excellent in other fields.
Linda Visser focuses her class actions practice on product liability matters as well as price-fixing cases. She is based in London.
Linda is super professional, wonderful to deal with and she does a very solid job in her oral advocacy. She is a very professional and practical advocate.
Linda is top notch, very thoughtful, very diligent, very smart and a good lawyer with good judgement.
Linda is brilliant, she's a hard-worker and is very detail-oriented. She has a depth of experience and good judgement.
Michael Robb is well versed in representing plaintiffs in product liability and securities class action litigation. He is based in the firm's London office.
Michael is an effective and confident advocate.
Jill McCartney's is held in particularly high esteem for her expertise in healthcare disputes. She regularly advises consumers in bringing product liability, negligence and wider class claims against healthcare providers and medical device companies.
Jill is an excellent litigator. She is very knowledgeable, she cares a lot about her clients and she is a tough negotiator.
Jill is a good negotiator and she gets the best results for her clients. She is professional and a pleasure to work with.
Jill is thoughtful, competent, fierce, balanced and a great advocate.
She is a good advocate, who is civil, practical and courteous.
Alex Dimson is a litigator with a fast-developing reputation for representing plaintiffs in an array of class action disputes. He is particularly active in litigation concerning product liability and consumer protection issues.
Alex is responsive, bright and personable.
