Email: rjb@guildyule.com
Assistant: Pat Eskola
Phone: 604 688 1221 (Ext 268)
Email: pat@guildyule.com
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Russell practices commercial, municipal and insurance litigation, with an emphasis on insurance defence coverage. He has acted as defence counsel in claims concerning personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful dismissal, fire-loss, product liability, commercial disputes, insurance liability, fire-loss, products liability, environmental liability, and construction liability. He has also acted for plaintiffs in personal injury actions and in subrogated claims. .He has appeared in the Provincial Court, Supreme Court of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Court of Appeal, as well multiple administrative hearings.
After three years of teaching English in Japan on the JET Programme, Russell completed his LLB at the University of British Columbia in 2004. Russell completed his articles with Mair Jensen Blair in Kamloops in 2005, moved to Guild Yule & Company in 2007, and has practiced with the firm since.
Recent Decisions & Matters
- Assisting in a subrogated claim for a major warehouse fire
- Assisting in a commercial host liability defence
- Acting for municipalities in several negligence claims
- Acting for highway maintenance contractor
- The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2940 v. Squamish Whistler Express and Freight, 2007 BCSC 948
- Lewis v. M3 Steel (Kamloops) Ltd., 2006 BCSC 681
- Strauss v. Jarvis, 2006 BCSC 675
- Claiter v. Rose, 2005 BCSC 193
Education & Professional Affiliations
Education
- 2004 LL.B University of British Columbia
- 2004 Called to the Bar and Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Canadian Bar Association
Recent Decisions & Matters
- Assisting in a subrogated claim for a major warehouse fire
- Assisting in a commercial host liability defence
- Acting for municipalities in several negligence claims
- Acting for highway maintenance contractor
- The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2940 v. Squamish Whistler Express and Freight, 2007 BCSC 948
- Lewis v. M3 Steel (Kamloops) Ltd., 2006 BCSC 681
- Strauss v. Jarvis, 2006 BCSC 675
- Claiter v. Rose, 2005 BCSC 193
Education & Professional Affiliations
Education
- 2004 LL.B University of British Columbia
- 2004 Called to the Bar and Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Canadian Bar Association