Background

Brad Dixon is a commercial litigation partner at our Vancouver office. Brad was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1990. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce, both in 1989.

Areas of Practice

Brad practises in the areas of commercial litigation and class action defence. Brad is the Vancouver Regional Leader for Commercial Litigation and the Vancouver Regional Leader for our Class Actions Group.

Rankings and Recognitions

• Selected by peers, since 2006, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Class Action Litigation)
• Martindale-Hubbell BV Peer Review Rating
• Recognized since 2009 in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Litigation – Class Actions)

Professional Experience

• Has appeared in all levels of court in British Columbia and had conduct of arbitrations in a broad range of disputes involving, among other things, contract claims, product liability and product warranty claims, disputes over real property interests or priorities, various types of consumer law claims and claims raising constitutional and other public law issues.
• Has acted in defence of public authorities in two class actions in which dismissals were obtained, including the first class action to be dismissed in British Columbia on the trial of common issues, a successful result affirmed on appeal to the Court of Appeal, with leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada denied. He has defended a number of manufacturers in proposed class actions advancing product liability and consumer law claims, including a matter in which a certification order was reversed by the Court of Appeal for the first time in British Columbia. Brad has also defended an insurer, financial institutions and a financial services provider in proposed class actions involving insurance deductibles, credit card interest disclosure and claims for recovery of interest on short-term loans.
• Recent matters in which Mr. Dixon has acted as counsel include:
  • Gary Jackson Holdings Ltd. v. Eden and others (British Columbia Supreme Court) - acted for lenders in successfully opposing certification of claim by investors in failed development company.
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/10/02/2010BCSC0273.htm
  • Chartrand v. General Motors Corporation (British Columbia Supreme Court - dismissal of application for certification of a proposed class action)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/08/17/2008BCSC1781.htm
  • Owners Strata Plan LMS 3851 and others v. Homer Street Development and others (British Columbia Supreme Court - trial judgment obtained for investors in condominium hotel, establishing liability findings against developers and others for misrepresentations made in relation to financial projections at time of sale); judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part on appeal
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/08/11/2008bcsc1160.htm
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/CA/09/03/2009BCCA0395cor1.htm
  • CareVest Capital Inc. v. Chychrun and others (British Columbia Supreme Court - obtained dismissal of negligence claims by pre-sale purchasers of strata lots against a project lender on failure of the developer to complete development of a subdivision and subsequently obtained dismissal of claims to a priority interest by the pre-sale purchasers)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/08/02/2008bcsc0201.htm
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/08/11/2008bcsc1138.htm
  • Benning v. Volkswagen Canada (British Columbia Supreme Court - dismissal of application for certification of a proposed class action)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/06/12/2006BCSC1292err1.htm
  • Dahl v. Royal Bank and others (Court of Appeal for British Columbia - affirming pre-certification dismissal of a proposed class action)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/CA/06/03/2006BCCA0369.htm
  • Ernewein v. General Motors (Court of Appeal for British Columbia - reversal of certification order, application for leave to appeal dismissed by Supreme Court of Canada)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/CA/05/05/2005BCCA0540err1.htm
  • Nanaimo Immigrant Settlement Society v. Province of British Columbia (Court of Appeal for British Columbia - affirming dismissal of a class action on summary trial of common issues, application for leave to appeal dismissed by Supreme Court of Canada)
    http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/CA/04/04/2004BCCA0410.htm

Professional and Community Activities

• Member of The Law Society of British Columbia
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch, Civil Litigation and Class Action Subsections).
• Associate Member of the American Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section and International Class Actions Subcommittee).
• Formerly a member (Past Chair) of the National Board of Directors of MADD Canada, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Speaking Engagements / Publications

• Brad Dixon was quoted in Lawyers' Weekly
• Speaker at CLEBC - Shareholders' Remedies, June 10, 2011 (Oppression Class Proceedings)
• Speaker, Class Action Ethics - 8th National Symposium on Class Actions, Osgoode Professional Development, April 28, 29, 2011
• Speaker at CLEBC Western Canadian Class Actions Conference 2009
• September, 2007 - The Canadian Institute's 8th Annual National Forum on Class Actions Litigation, British Columbia Class Proceedings: A Year in Review