Stephen Z. Schwartz Phone: 604-685-0121 local 317 Cell: 604-818-2251 Fax: 604-685-2104

Education:

• B.Sc. (Hons. 1976 University of British Columbia)
• LL.B. (1985 Osgoode Hall)
• Called to the Bar: British Columbia, 1986

Practice Areas:

• Commercial Litigation and Partnership Disputes
• Complex Personal Injury Claims
• Wrongful Dismissal and Employment
• Securities Litigation

Appointments and Associations:

• Member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia since 1988
• Member of Canadian Defence Lawyers
• Member of Canadian Bar Association

Publications:

• "Injunctions and Anton Piller Orders" Continuing Legal Education Society, 1998
• "Do's and Don'ts in hiring, keeping and dismissing employees"
• "Intermediate Contracts of Employment" Presented to the CLE Employment Law Conference, May 2010

Cases:

• Foley v. Imperial Oil Limited, 2011 BCCA 262
• Foley v. Imperial Oil Limited, 2010 BCSC 797
  
• Chapman v. Summer et al, [2009] SCBC Victoria 08-1493
• Total Connections Group Networking Inc. v. Neuberg, [2007] BCSC
• Ible v. Chirag, [2006] BCSC 1624
• Wesbild Holdings Ltd. v. 160033 Canada Inc., [2006] BCSC
• Vista Online Ltd. v. Perreault,[2004] B.C.J. No. 2490
• Valor Invest Ltd. v. Vista Online Ltd.,[2004] B.C.J. No. 2898
• Girvan v. Raffele, [2002] B.C.J. No. 816
• Girvan v. Raffele, [2002] B.C.J. No. 1105
• Gourmet Gallery v. Pacific International Development Corp., [2002] B.C.C.A. 150
• Gourmet Gallery v. Pacific International Development Corp., [2000] B.C.C.A. 681
• Pacific International Development Corp. v. Gourmet Gallery, [2000] B.C.S.C. 823
• Banyay v. Gill, [1998] B.C.J. No. 1447
• Jenks v. McCrory, [1998] B.C.J. No. 995
• Johannes Estate v. Sheaves, [1996] B.C.J. No. 818
• Cherry v. McCormack [1995], 5 B.C.L.R. 366
• Wesbild Holdings Ltd. v. Opticana Eyewear Inc. et al [1995], 12 B.C.L.R. (3d) 187
• Nicolle v. Legg, [1994] B.C.J. No. 1367
• Johnson v. Lee, [1993] B.C.J. No. 8