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J Kenneth McEwan KC

J Kenneth McEwan KC

Canada 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Administrative & Public Law

Appellate Practice

Class Actions

Commercial

Constitutional Law

Corporate & Shareholder

Environmental

Insolvency & Restructuring

Insurance

Investigations

Product Liability & Complex Torts

Professional Liability

Real Estate

Regulatory

Securities

Trusts

Career

Ken McEwan practices as general counsel focusing on complex corporate-commercial litigation, class action litigation, commercial arbitration and administrative law at the trial and appellate levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He received the designation of King’s Counsel in 2004.

Who’s Who Litigation says Ken “is one of Canada’s most distinguished silks and litigators.”

Professional Memberships

International Society of Barristers

American College of Trial Lawyers

International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Advocates’ Society

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society

Law Society of British Columbia's civil litigation representative to the Committee on Relations with the Judiciary

Publications

Ken is the author of the fourth edition of Sopinka on the Trial of an Action, a leading text on trial practice.

He is a co-author of Commercial Arbitration in Canada: A Guide to Domestic and International Arbitrations published by Canada Law Book, annually updated, and cited as authority in judgments across Canada.

He is a contributing author to A Practitioner’s Guide to Commercial Arbitration, published by Irwin Law in September 2017.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Canada Guide

Litigation: General Commercial - British Columbia

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Kenneth McEwan KC is a premier litigator who acts on a broad array of corporate and commercial dispute resolution in Vancouver. He is well known for his handling of contentious securities cases and has a wealth of experience in trials at both the provincial and federal levels.

Litigation: Securities - British Columbia

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Kenneth McEwan KC is a premier litigator who acts on a broad array of corporate and commercial dispute resolution in Vancouver. He is well known for his handling of contentious securities cases and has a wealth of experience in trials at both the provincial and federal levels.

Strengths

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  • Kenneth has a command of the court and argues in front of the court better than anyone I've ever seen.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Canada Guide
  • He is regarded as one of the leading all-around commercial litigators.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Canada Guide

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