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Provided by Jennifer Fairfax

Canada

Practice Areas

Jennifer provides business-critical environmental and regulatory advice, with a specialty in environmental law and litigation. Jennifer also practices commercial and construction litigation and dispute resolution. Jennifer has significant experience conducting negotiations with, and making representations to, regulatory bodies, including the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, assisting clients with inspections, investigations and reporting obligations, as well as conducting environmental litigation, including civil actions/applications, judicial reviews, administrative tribunal proceedings, and defence of prosecutions.

Jennifer also provides regulatory and environmental advice relating to environmental assessments, regulatory orders, corporate transactions, permits and approvals, waste and soil, contaminated lands, renewable energy projects, and regulatory compliance.

Career

Past Chair of the executive of the OBA Environmental Law Section. Prior to joining Osler, Jennifer clerked for The Honourable Justice Edgar Sexton with the Federal Court of Appeal.

Professional Memberships

Past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section Executive; Advocates Society; Law Society of Ontario; Canadian Bar Association

Publications

“Recapitulation and Alternatives: Lessons Learned from a Hypothetical Case Study,” Inspections and Enforcement Issues: On-Site and In Court, Environment in the Courtroom, edited by Allan E. Ingelson (University of Calgary Press, 2019).

“Canada Targets Implementing a Comprehensive Ban on Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Materials by 2018,” Key Developments in Environmental Law, 2017 Edition, Chapter 1 (Toronto: Thomson Reuters Canada, 2017).

Personal

York University, Osgoode Written Advocacy Workshop

York University, Osgoode Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop

Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.

Queen’s University, BAH

Ontario, 2003

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