John Beckman KC

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Receivership

Civil Litigation

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Education Law

First Nations and Aboriginal Law

Human Rights

Labour and Employment Law

Privacy and Information Protection

Taxation Law

Career

McKercher LLP Partner, 1980

Queen's Counsel, 1987

McKercher LLP Of Counsel, 2018

Experience

John is a senior litigation lawyer in the Saskatoon office where he acts as Counsel in complex commercial and contractual disputes, professional negligence, labour law, taxation, and First Nations litigation.

Mr. Beckman has extensive experience acting as Counsel in complex commercial and contractual disputes, Professional Negligence, Labour Law, Tax and First Nations Litigation.

He has appeared as Counsel before numerous Arbitration Boards, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

In addition, Mr. Beckman has appeared as Counsel before the Saskatoon Police Commission, the Saskatchewan Police Commission, the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Commission, the International Trade Tribunal, and the Indian Claims Commission.

Represented clients include Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Deloitte, the University of Saskatchewan and Cameco Corporation.

Education