Notable mandates: Represented Halifax Regional Municipality in its 10 - year battle with the federal government over the
under - estimation
of the value
of Citadel Hill pursuant to the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes Act; represented the province
of Nova Scotia in the purchase
of Bowater Mersey Paper Co. Ltd., and on the NewPage Corp. matter; advised Husky Energy on its South White Rose Extension project; acted for Emera Inc. on the development and transmission
of hydroelectric power from Muskrat Falls; acted for Dexter to formulate a 3P bid to complete the twinning
of the Saint John to St. Stephen divided highway, and provided legal advice when it won the contract; provided all legal services to establish title to Loblaw Co. Ltd. properties throughout Atlantic Canada as part
of the establishment
of a proposed REIT; engaged by TransCanada Corp. as local counsel on the Energy East Pipeline Project
Administrative law — Judicial review — Municipal law — Taxation — Real property
tax — Payments made by Federal Crown in
lieu of real property tax — Assessed value of Halifax Citadel — Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister is unconstrained by the assessed value of the property determined by the assessment authority in determining the property value of a federal property for purposes of the PILT Act — Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister acted reasonably in determining the property value of the Halifax Citadel lands (adopting the determination of the Dispute Advisory Panel appointed under the Act), and in particular in valuing the portion of the lands upon which are located improvements which are exempt from payments in lieu of taxes, representing 47 of 49 acres of the site, at $ 10 — Whether the Court should consider the present case as it raises similar issues as Montréal (City) v. Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective of assessed value — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M -
lieu of real property
tax — Assessed value
of Halifax Citadel — Whether the Federal Court
of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister is unconstrained by the assessed value
of the property determined by the assessment authority in determining the property value
of a federal property for purposes
of the PILT Act — Whether the Federal Court
of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister acted reasonably in determining the property value
of the Halifax Citadel lands (adopting the determination
of the Dispute Advisory Panel appointed
under the Act), and in particular in valuing the portion
of the lands upon which are located improvements which are exempt from payments in
lieu of taxes, representing 47 of 49 acres of the site, at $ 10 — Whether the Court should consider the present case as it raises similar issues as Montréal (City) v. Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective of assessed value — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M -
lieu of taxes, representing 47 of 49 acres of the site, at $ 10 — Whether the Court should consider the present case as it raises similar issues as Montréal (City) v. Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective of assessed value — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M
taxes, representing 47
of 49 acres
of the site, at $ 10 — Whether the Court should consider the present case as it raises similar issues as Montréal (City) v. Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective
of assessed value — Payments in
Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M -
Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M
Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M - 13.