Jason Buttuls

Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Vancouver
Canada
T:+1 604 641 4585
Vancouver
Canada
T:+1 604 641 4585
Jason Buttuls

Jason Buttuls

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Biography

Jason Buttuls is a litigation and disputes lawyer with a focus on construction litigation and arbitration. As a construction lawyer, he acts on behalf of owners, design consultants, contractors, and subcontractors in disputes regarding construction and engineering projects.

He has experience with builders' liens and prompt payment legislation across jurisdictions and related disputes. He has appeared before many levels of court including provincial court, and the Alberta and Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench. Jason has also appeared before various arbitral tribunals, including ICC arbitrations, and administrative tribunals, including the Environmental Appeals Board, the Municipal Government Board and various subdivision and development appeal boards.

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JD, University of Alberta, 2012
BBA, Thompson Rivers University, 2008

  • British Columbia 2023
  • Saskatchewan 2017
  • Alberta 2013

Jason has acted in the following matters:

  • Counsel for a rail transportation company involved in an arbitration regarding a consortium dispute
  • Counsel for a potash mining and processing company involved in a large-scale construction and engineering dispute
  • Counsel for a sulphur processing company involved in an ICC arbitration regarding a construction dispute 
  • Counsel for a variety of clients, owners and contractors, related to builders' lien actions
  • Graham Building Services v. Saskatoon (City), 2018 SKQB 336; Acted for contractor in successfully seeking leave to appeal an arbitration decision
  • Counsel for an EPC contractor involved in a dispute with the owner and operator of a carbon capture facility
  • Counsel for a contractor involved in a dispute regarding an oil sands project
  • Counsel for a mechanical contractor in an insured dispute regarding a major institutional building in Calgary
  • Town of Canmore v Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 (re Bylaw 12/15, Dead Man's Flats Area Structure Plan, 2017 ABMGB 10 – Intermunicipal Dispute
  • Obeng v Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1032, 2014 CanLII 76780 – Labour Relations Board dispute
  • Legal 500 Canada: Construction (Leading Associates), 2023-2025
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2025
  • "What does the SCC's anti-deprivation ruling mean for your contract?" (co-author), The Canadian Bar Association, November 2020.
  • "The Not Now Habit: Procrastination, Legal Ethics and Legal Education" (co-author), Legal Ethics, Volume 16, Number 1, July 2013.
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • The Advocates' Society
  • Volunteer, Civil Claims Duty Counsel, Provincial Court of Alberta
  • Director, StoryBook Theatre Society

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