We are pleased to welcome Try Tan the first intern from Phnom Penh,
Cambodia to Bennett Gastle. Try (pronounced “Tree”) will work with
Bennett Gastle until December 2007 assisting
Chuck Gastlewith consultation work for the Phnom Penh, Cambodia project
with respect to the implementation of legislation dealing with WTO
TRIPS 39.3.
August 20, 2007
Chuck was interviewed on BNN television regarding the NAFTA meeting in
Quebec of Harper, Bush and Calderon. The focus was the Security and
Prosperity Partnership which is designed to reduce regulatory
impediments to trade and to build capacity within Mexico. It is
essential for Canada’s future that this initiative continue at a time of
growing protectionism within the United States.
August 2007
We are pleased to welcome Brad
Pleavin as a new lawyer to the firm. Brad was called to the bar in
2006 and will practice in the areas of insurance defence, commercial and
civil litigation, as well as assisting with the firm's international
law practice. Brad comes to Bennett Gastle from a large national firm
in Toronto where he gained broad exposure to a range of litigation
matters.
June 2-17, 2007
Chuck traveled to
Cambodia for the third time, to present
draft law on Undisclosed Information and Public Health implementing
Article 39 of the World Trade Organization TRIPS Agreement. On June
9th-11th, Chuck traveled to Vientiene and Luang Prabang in
Laos and discussed WTO Accession from
the TRIPS perspective.
June, 2007
Elizabeth Bennett-Martin was interviewed by Vera N. Held, on behalf of
Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario, for an article
appearing in HR Magazine regarding day to day HR issues. (Read Article)
May 25-27, 2007
Chuck will teach “Globalization and Global Systems” as part of the
Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M. program. This is the fourth time in the
past five years that the course has been offered.
May 23, 2007
Elizabeth Bennett-Martin with
the assistance of Danielle Young is successful in obtaining an order for
costs against a solicitor personally where a third party claim was
dismissed against the insurer’s employees as an abuse of court. (Read Decision)
May 6-16, 2007
Bennett Gastle welcomes 21 students of the graduating class of the
Magistère, Droit des Affaires Fiscalite et Compatabilite, Universite
D’Aix Marseilles III from
Aix-en-provence. This is part of the
OsgoodeHallLawSchool – Universite D’Aix Marseilles III
exchange program.
May 3, 2007
Chuck is appointed to the steering committee of a new initiative of the
Canada-Brazil Chamber of Commerce to promote bilateral trade with
Brazil.
April 2-6, 2007
Chuck was a Guest Lecturer at the Magistère, Droit des Affairs Fascalité
et Compatabilité, Universite D’Aix Marseilles III,
Aix-en-provence.
March 29, 2007
The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
published a paper by Chuck entitled “The Importance of Sustainable
Aboriginal Cultures: Defining Aboriginal Trade Issues in the Context of
International Trade”.
March 1, 2007
Chuck gave a workshop on International Trade and Aboriginal Procedures,
at the National Aboriginal Forestry Association at its annual convention
in
Ottawa.
January 3-5, 2007
A workshop conducted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to review legislative
guides prepared for the implementation of TRIPS Article 39 dealing with
the protection of undisclosed information in the approval process for
pharmaceutical drugs and also for trade secrets. The Workshop was
presented to members of the Departments of Commerce, Health and Justice
as well as members of the Bar of Cambodia.
