Chris Hubbard
Canada Guide 2024
Band 5 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Chris Hubbard
Practice Areas
Chris is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Litigation Group in Toronto. His general litigation practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and professional negligence. Chris is sought out by clients from diverse industries to assist with a variety of litigation and regulatory issues, including product liability claims, class proceedings, product recalls, and commercial contract disputes. His clients include food and consumer products companies, national and international retailers, automakers, mining companies, construction companies, and consulting firms. He has appeared as lead counsel for successful clients before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and multiple provincial Superior Courts and Courts of Appeal.
Career
Ontario Bar, 2002
Professional Memberships
Chris is a member of McCarthy’s National Class Actions Group, a past Co-Chair of the firm’s National Mining Litigation Group, and past Vice-Chair of the Class and Derivative Actions sub-committee of the American Bar Association.
Publications
Chris is the co-author of the Product Liability and Regulatory Compliance Chapters of McCarthy Tétrault’s Retail and Consumer Products guides to doing business in Canada; a contributing author of Defending Class Actions: A Guide for Defendants; and a past contributing author of the Class Actions Chapter of the ABA’s Business and Corporate Litigation Committee’s Annual Review.