Fund Counsel
Fund Counsel is appointed by the Courts under Articles 7
and 10 of the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement.
Fund Counsel's duties and responsibilities include:
- defending decisions made by the Administrator;
- defending and advancing the interests of the Trust;
- receiving financial statements and actuarial and other
reports relating to the financial sufficiency of the Trust
Fund from time to time; and
- if deemed necessary or desirable by Fund Counsel, making
applications to the Courts pursuant to Section 10.01.
The following lawyers have been appointed to act as Fund
Counsel:
British
Columbia:
- Gordon Kehler
MacKenzie Fujisawa LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
1600-1095 West Pender
Street
Vancouver (British Columbia) V6E 2M6
Telephone: 604-443-1222
Email:
gkehler@maclaw.bc.ca
Fax: 604-685-6494
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Ontario
and All Other Provinces, Except for Québec and
British Columbia:
- Belinda Bain
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Suite 1600
1 First Canadian Place
100 King Street West
Toronto (Ontario) M5X 1G5
Telephone: 416-862-7525
Fax: 416-862-7661
- John E. Callaghan
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Suite 1600
1 First Canadian Place
100 King Street West
Toronto (Ontario) M5X 1G5
Telephone: 416-862-7525
Fax: 416-862-7661
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Québec:
- Mr. Mason Poplaw
2500 - 1000, De La Gauchetière West St
Montréal (Québec) H3B 0A2
Telephone: 514-397-4100
Fax: 514-875-6246
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For more information on Fund Counsel and its role, please
consult Article
7 of Schedule
1 of the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement
Agreement.
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