Raphael practices in insurance and tort liability and commercial litigation.
Raphael's practice includes:
- Complex construction litigation;
- Defending manufacturers against product liability claims;
- Advising insurers on coverage concerns;
- Defending industry professionals, including healthcare professionals against claims of medical malpractice;
- Personal injury defence; and
- Assisting with transport regulatory matters.
Raphael has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta and at various ad hoc domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
Experience
- Successfully defended professional engineer in contested APEGA hearing
- Assisted with international arbitral proceedings relating to pipeline construction delays in excess of C$100 million
- Assisted a major Canadian bank with a duty to defend finding before the Alberta Court of Appeal
- Successfully brought applications seeking summary dismissal of a number of medical malpractice claims
- Advised a gene testing laboratory on expanding its operations
- Assisted a First Nation with a complex construction claim against a home developer
- Settled a number of product liability claims against vehicle manufacturers on a without costs basis
- Successfully defended professional engineer in contested APEGA hearing
- Assisted with international arbitral proceedings relating to pipeline construction delays in excess of C$100 million
- Assisted a major Canadian bank with a duty to defend finding before the Alberta Court of Appeal
- Successfully brought applications seeking summary dismissal of a number of medical malpractice claims
- Advised a gene testing laboratory on expanding its operations
- Assisted a First Nation with a complex construction claim against a home developer
- Settled a number of product liability claims against vehicle manufacturers on a without costs basis
