Adam practices commercial and general insurance defence litigation, with an emphasis on errors and omissions, products liability and coverage disputes. Adam also acts as a mediator, where his practice includes personal injury, product liability, coverage & construction defects disputes.
First called to the Bar in New Zealand, Adam practised there for approximately 3 years, before spending 2 years travelling through parts of Africa, Canada and Europe on a working holiday. After his travels, Adam returned to practice in London, England for just under 5 years before immigrating to Vancouver with his wife and joining Guild Yule in late 2004. He was admitted to the partnership on January 1, 2008.
Adam is a qualified mediator and registered on the Mediate BC associate roster. He is an active member of the Board of Directors of Mediate BC where he chairs the Practice Committee.
He is recognized as a leading practitioner for insurance litigation in Lexpert, and by Best Lawyers Canada for Insurance Law, Personal injury litigation, and Construction Law. He is also recognized as a “Litigation Star” in Benchmark Canada, and is client-rated as “pre-eminent” on Martindale-Hubbell.
Since 2015, Adam has been a contributing author to the CLEBC’s “Annual Review of Law & Practice” and the “British Columbia Civil Trial Handbook”. He is a Past President, and currently the Vice-President, of the Lawyers Inn Society, and serves on the Discipline Committee of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories.
