Robin Linley
Litigation Partner @Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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WORK HISTORY
Litigation Partner @Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
A representative sample of recent cases I have been involved with include:•Counsel in Ontario to leading multinational manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceutical, over-the-counter medicines and medical devices, including diabetes medicines, contraceptive products and orthopaedic components; also involved in the national co-ordination of class action defence and strategy in other provinces including Quebec, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan •Counsel for a government agency in a complex $27M arbitration involving a failed software development project•Counsel to various government agencies with respect to actual and threated litigation arising out of public procurement processes and related infrastructure projects•Counsel to a leading travel provider in relation to various consumer disputes involving its travel products•Counsel for leading multinational manufacturers and distributors of consumer products in their interactions with government regulators with respect to electrical and health safety compliance requirements •Co-counsel representing a First Nation in significant complex litigation against the Canadian and Ontario governments connected with fiduciary obligations owed by the Crown to properly deal with and manage the First Nation\'s lands and monies •Counsel for a leading mining company on a judicial review application and related appeals involving significant mining assets in Northern Ontario
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University
LL.B., Law
Queen's University
B.A. (Hons), History/Philosophy
National University of Singapore
Visiting Exchange Student, Law
University of Oxford
BCL, Law
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBIN LINLEY
I represent corporate clients in the defence of serious personal injury cases involving allegations of failure to warn, negligent design, manufacture and testing of medical devices, pharmaceutical medicines, automotive parts and equipment, food products, commercial and industrial machinery, electrical products and consumer goods. A number of my current cases are class actions. My practice also involves providing advice to leading manufacturers and distributors and others in the distribution chain on risk management, litigation avoidance strategies, government regulation and compliance, and product warnings and recalls. I serve on the firm\'s Pro-Bono and Partnership committees.
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