Louise McLeod
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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Biography
Louise McLeod is an associate in our litigation and disputes group, practising general commercial litigation with an emphasis on estates litigation. She assists clients and senior lawyers on a wide variety of matters, including contract and property disputes, negligence issues, wills variation claims, trusts litigation and privacy matters. She has appeared before the BC Provincial Court, Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
After completing an undergraduate degree at Queen's University, Ms. McLeod attended law school at Thompson Rivers University, earning the Law Society Gold Medal and Prize on graduation. Ms. McLeod completed summer articles with us in 2014. She clerked at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia from 2015 to 2016, after which she completed her full articles in 2016.
Professional experience
Collapse all- British Columbia 2016
Louise has appeared before the Provincial Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal for British Columbia.
- Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medalist, Thompson Rivers University, 2015
- Alvin & Lydia Grunert Scholarship, Thompson Rivers University, for academic excellence
- Certificate of Recognition Second Year Scholarship, Thompson Rivers University, for academic excellence
- Neill and Margaret MacGregor Memorial First Year Scholarship, Thompson Rivers University, for academic excellence and community involvement
- "Building the Pyramid: Unjust Factors and Juristic Reasons in the Decade Following Garland v Consumers' Gas" (co-author C. Hunt), (2015) 57:1 Canadian Business Law Journal 58.
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of British Columbia
Insights
Private wealth, trusts and estates
Publication | June 2023
Varying wills under BC law: your word may not be the last word
Publication | June 08, 2023
Trust basics
Publication | June 08, 2023