Lawrence Theall

Practice Areas

Larry is a Senior Partner at Theall Group LLP, in the areas of commercial litigation/arbitration, insurance coverage and product liability.

In addition to our primary coverage litigation practice for policy holders, Larry has participated in a number of inter-disciplinary projects involving both risk analysis and alternative risk management structures, captives and re insurance , and assisted clients on a broad range of complex insurance issues.

Career

Larry has acted as lead counsel in over 85 trials and hearings, all of which went to a final decision or verdict. He has extensive experience with interlocutory proceedings, including being lead counsel on more than 15 injunctions, a number of which involved Anton Pillar Orders and Mareva Injunctions. He has appeared before all levels of the Ontario, Federal and Alberta Courts as well as the Superior Courts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Professional Memberships

He has received his qualified arbitrators designation ( Q. Arb.) (2018) from the ADR Institute of Canada.

Larry is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Defence Research Institute, Risk Insurance Society, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society and The Advocates’ Society, and has been a speaker at programs of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Ontario Bar Association, Osgoode Hall Law School, Insight, and the Canadian Institute on various topics relating to product liability, commercial litigation and insurance.

Publications

He is a co-author of, “Product Liability: Canadian Law and Practice” (2001-19) as well as the insurance chapter for Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Canadian Precedents of Pleadings, 3rd edition (2017) He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Defence Research Institute, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, Risk Management Society and Advocates’ Society, and has been a speaker at programs on product liability and insurance coverage.

An expansive list of Larry’s publications and cases is available upon request.

Clients

Larry acts for global manufacturers in multiple industries, including automotive, aeronautic, construction and medical devices. He handles class actions and catastrophic losses, and has considerable experience with commercial arbitration, particularly the National Automobile Dealer Arbitration Program. Larry regularly represents auto manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers and other fortune 500 companies with respect to insurance, product litigation and regulatory issues. He is proud to include Hyundai, Cessna, and Toyota as current clients.

Larry was Hyundai’s Assistant General Counsel, responsible for all litigation and risk management for eight years. He has been Hyundai’s National Trial Counsel since 1995. While at Hyundai, he was a member of the legal subcommittee of the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (“AIAMC”), and worked on various ad hoc committees relating to safety and alternative dispute resolution.

Languages Spoken

English

Education