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GARY NIJMAN

Gary M. Nijman*
Partner

PRACTICE PROFILE

Gary Nijman is a member of the firm’s Insurance, Environmental and Maritime Practices. He has appeared in all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Insurance: coverage and defense counsel in the courts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.  Monitors the defense of actions in the USA under NAFTA rules and anywhere in the world, for example:
  • $100,000,000 USD multiple E&O cases in the USA and Canada for a pipeline from northern British Columbia to Chicago; 
  • class action appraiser’s E&O case over converting rental properties to strata title;
  • large British Columbia D&O class action case over a multi-company going-private transaction.

Environment: understands the coverage and defense monitoring counsel on environmental liability claims. Examples include:

  • billion dollar claim by an international mining company for liability insurance coverage for clean up liability for all of its mine sites and off-site pollution; 
  • billion dollar claim by a national oil company to clean up all of its oil fields, refineries, bulk plants and service stations.

Maritime:  insurance coverage . 

RELEVANT BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE

1973 – 1981 Officer in the Canadian Navy:

  • Navigation Officer for HMCS Restigouche and HMCS Yukon
  • Diving officer
  • Demolitions officer
  • Communications officer

ON A PERSONAL NOTE

Avid golfer, riding horses, loves cooking and grows own vegetables! 

Contact

Direct Line: 604.484.1719
Facsimile: 604.484.9719
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Assistant: Christine Tebbutt
Direct Line: 604.643.2152
Email: ctebbutt@ahbl.ca

Education

LL.B. 1984 - University of Victoria
B.Sc. (Physics and Physical Oceanography) 1977 - Royal Roads Military College

Admitted to the B.C. Bar 1985

Canadian Bar Association, Member

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Practice Areas

Environmental Practice
Insurance Practice
Transportation Practice

 

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