Jeremy Taylor

Partner, Practice Group Leader

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Jeremy Taylor is an Edmonton-based litigation lawyer with a practice focusing on corporate commercial disputes and labour and employment law. His clients include public and private corporations and other business entities, individual corporate officers, directors, and shareholders, provincial and local government and community entities, police services and professional organizations.

 Jeremy’s areas of focus include the following:

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation – shareholder disputes and other business ownership/control cases, procurement  (tender and RFP) litigation and risk management, breach of contract and commercial transaction claims, real estate/land disputes, insurance issues and protection of proprietary rights
  • Labour and Employment Law – wrongful dismissal actions, collective agreement grievance arbitration, labour relations board complaints, employee benefits litigation and employment issues in business transactions
  • Aboriginal Law and Litigation – governance issues, asset disputes and constitutional rights cases
  • Other Civil Litigation – police liability defence and defamation cases

Jeremy has argued cases before all levels of court in Alberta, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, commercial and labour arbitration boards and various administrative tribunals. 

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Rankings
  • Bar Admissions
  • Simon Fraser University
    Bachelor of Arts
    1998
  • University of British Columbia
    Juris Doctor
    2001
  • Dalhousie University
    Master of Laws
    2006
  • Alberta
    2002

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Canadian Bar Association Alberta, Constitutional and Civil Liberties Law Section (North)
    Chair
    2009 - 2014
  • University of Alberta Faculty of Law
    Sessional Instructor, Labour Law
    2009 - 2013
  • Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice
    Volunteer Clinician
    2004 - 2005
  • Canadian Bar Association
    Law Day Volunteer
    2004