Background

Barry Glaspell is a litigation partner at our Toronto office. Barry graduated from the University of Toronto (B. Com. 1981, LL.B. 1984), Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1985) and Trinity College, University of Cambridge (LL.M. Int. Law 1986). He clerked with Justice W. Z. ('Bud') Estey of the Supreme Court of Canada. Barry has been with the firm since called to the Ontario Bar in 1991.

Professional Experience

Barry specializes in class actions. Barry’s experience includes as counsel to:

• Purdue Pharma defending Canadian OxyContin claims
• Ontario Colleges responding to student claims re ancillary fees
• Carrier Corporation defending claims re hi-efficiency furnaces
• Ridley Inc. defending BSE economic loss claims arising from 2003 closure of U.S. border to Canadian cattle and beef
• Lakeridge Hospital defending class actions arising from reporting of infectious disease
• Bank of Canada responding to allegations re pension plan administrative expenses
• Global Minerals & Metals defending claim by copper purchasers alleging conspiracy to inflate London Metals Exchange prices
• Hamilton Health Sciences Centre defending TMJ class action
• Bristol Myers Squibb on Canadian breast implant litigation / settlement
• BPB Canada on class proceeding to withdraw surplus from pension plan
• Sunnybrook Hospital and Cancer Care Ontario regarding immunity from retail sales tax

Professional Activities

• Barry is adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and at the University of Ottawa, Common Law.
• Since being co-counsel on the first Canadian multi-provincial class action settlement (breast implants), Barry has spoken widely and presented numerous papers on class action issues