John T. Rafferty Q.C.
Position: Partner
Office: Truro
Email:
JRaff@burchellmacdougall.com
Phone:: (902) 896-7557
Practice Areas:
- Personal Injury
- Employment and Labour Relations
- Estate Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Civil Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Municipal Law
Professional Qualifications & Education:
- Nova Scotia Bar Admission 1977
- St. Mary's University (B.A., 1971, B. Ed., 1973)
- McMaster University
- Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1977)
- Queens Counsel Appointment 1995.
Professional Associations & Membership in Community
Organizations:
- Member, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Former Director and Past Chair of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Liability Claims Fund
- Former Director, Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association
- Treasurer, East End Meals on Wheels
- Past Secretary and Director, Colchester Community Workshops Foundation
Cases / Transactions / Work Experience:
Personal Injury
- Represented many individuals injured in accidents
- Represented dependents in fatal accidents
- Advanced and recovered claims for past and future income loss and personal care costs
Employment Law and Labour Relations
- Represented numerous employers and employees in wrongful dismissal claims
- Acted for employers in grievance arbitrations
- Acted for both employers and unions in certification proceedings
- Negotiated numerous collective agreements
Estate Litigation
- Acted in court proceedings to prove or contest wills because of issues of competence, undue influence and proper signing of the will
- Brought applications to Court for interpretation of unclear parts of wills
- Acted in Testators Family Maintenance applications where the
Claimant alleged there was inadequate provision in the will
Insurance
- Represented both claimants and insurance companies in long term disability claims
- Negligence claims
- Property damage claims
- Represented both claimants and defendants in professional negligence claims
Civil Litigation
- Personal injury claims
- Insurance claims
- Estate trials and applications
- Professional negligence claims
Administrative Law
- Appeared before many administrative tribunals
- Appeared in union certification hearings
- Acted for parties in grievance arbitrations
- Acted for professional regulator in investigating and administrating members’ practices
- Obtained Orders quashing decisions of administrative tribunals
Municipal Law
- Solicitor for the Town of Truro
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