J Scott Maidment

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Scott Maidment is one of Canada's leading litigation counsel, and he has appeared before trial and appellate courts and tribunals across the country. His trial and appellate practice has covered a wide range of legal disputes in a number of economic sectors. He has conducted trials, arbitrations, applications and appeals involving issues of contract, competition law, negligence, insurance law, defamation, employment law, real estate, constitutional law, human rights, and transportation law. Scott is also recognized in Canada and abroad as one of the world’s top product liability lawyers, and is known especially for his work in class actions and complex cases, particularly for companies in the life sciences industry. Scott has served as an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School and has taught trial advocacy for The Advocates’ Society, the Attorney General of Canada, the United Nations and the Middle Temple. Scott has also served as President of The Advocates’ Society, which is considered Canada’s pre-eminent organization of courtroom and tribunal advocates. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple, one of the four English Inns of Court.