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Christopher Rhone

Contact Christopher Rhone at crhone@branmac.com or (604) 654-2954.

Christopher Rhone is an associate with Branch MacMaster. Prior to admission to the British Columbia Bar (2001), Chris was a judicial law clerk with the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Chris articled with the law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and practised there as a litigation associate before joining Branch MacMaster.

Areas of Practice

• Class Actions, Insurance and Health Law

Education

• LL.B.  Edinburgh University, University of Victoria
• B.Sc. (Biology, Hons.), University of Western Ontario

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Lombard v Cominco, 2007 BCCA 249
• Eldridge v. North Construction Ltd., WCAT-2007-01073
• Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Company of Canada, 2007 BCSC 439
• Lloyds and Lombard v. Teck Cominco Metals Ltd., 2006 BCSC 1276
• Willey v. Ronik Security Ltd., 2006 BCSC 1003
• Hoy v. Medtronic, 2004 BCSC 440
• Butterfield v. Lombard Insurance, 2004 BCSC 1755
• Hoy v. Medtronic, Inc., 2003 BCCA 316
• Hoy and Steeds v. Medtronic, 2003 BCSC 666
• ICBC v. Lemare Lake Logging Ltd., 2003 BCSC 1906
• Hoy and Steeds v. Medtronic, 2003 BCSC 666
• Hoy v. Medtronic, 2002 BCSC 1551
• Hoy v. Medtronic, 2002 BCSC 1648
• Macdonald, Dettwiler v. Bygo, 2002 BCCA 272
• Macdonald, Dettwiler v. Bygo, 2002 BCSC 447
• Zodiac Auto Centre v. Purolator Courier Ltd. (2002, unreported) Vancouver Registry No, 2001-69366 (B.C.P.C.) (counsel for Purolator Courier Ltd.)

Professional Activities

• Co-author (with Ward Branch), Liability Insurance Issues in Construction Practice, British Columbia (CLE: 2007)
• Co-author (with W. Branch), “Solving the National Class Problem”, 4th Annual Symposium on Class Actions (Toronto:Osgoode Hall Law School of York University , 2007)
• Co-author (with M. Wingert), The Settlement Conference: Cornerstone of the Small Claims Process, British Columbia (CLE: 2005)
• Co-author (with W. Branch), The Bond Between Class Members - The Wedge Between Counsel: Trans-National Class Actions in the Wake of Parsons v. McDonald's Restaurants, British Columbia CLE (February, 2005)
• Co-author (with W. Branch), The Bond Between Class Members - The Wedge Between Counsel: Trans-National Class Actions in the Wake of Parsons v. McDonald's Restaurants, 5th Annual National Forum on Litigating Class Actions (Toronto: Canadian Institute, 2004).
• Co-author, Chaos or consistency? : The National Class Action Dilemma paper for symposium National forum on drug and medical device liability: key developments and cutting edge strategies for litigating ongoing claims and minimizing future exposures (Toronto: Canada Law Institute, 2003)
• Co-author, "'If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix it!' Does B.C. Need a New Costs Regime for Class Actions?" (2003) Vol. 1, No. 4 Class Action 82
• Author "Accepting the Words of Parliament: Parliamentary History as a Means to Interpret Legislation" (September 2001) 59 The Advocate 697
• Author, Criminal Jury Addresses, CLE (B.C.) November 23, 2000 (Criminal Law Advocacy CLE)
• Co-Author with C. Tollefson and C. Rolfe, Cleanair.ca: A Citizen's Action Guide (Vancouver: Sierra Legal Defence Fund, 2000)
• Author, "From the European Commission to National Courts" (1998) 2 Edinburgh Law Review 345 article

Counsel Work

• Liability defence and prosecution
• Insurance coverage
• Class actions