E.F. Anthony Merchant Q.C.
Areas of Practice
- Class & Mass Action
- Civil Litigation
Professional Activities
- Argued cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Western Courts of Appeal, and Arizona, and many American and Canadian Superior and Provincial Courts Past Saskatchewan Liberal M.L.A.
- Consul in Saskatchewan for Austria.
- Prime Minister's Council on Asia Pacific, and Team Canada, Inc.
- Awarded the Queen's Counsel designation
- Saskatchewan Corporate Counsel for a number of national and provincial corporations, acts extensively in all forms of litigation including family and aboriginal law, with practice past 2000 largely focused on mass and class proceedings, and is listed with Lexpert as "Repeatedly Recommended".
- Broad community involvement and leadership roles in various sports associations, church organizations, the Austrian Edelweiss Club, the Cub Movement, the Saskatchewan Civil Liberties Association, the MS Society, and the Voice of the Handicapped.
- Lieutenant in the Navy Reserve and a member of Naval and Officers Clubs. On two occasions received awards from the Saskatchewan Action Committee for exceptional contribution to the development of equitable treatment of women in the Courts and the law, twice awarded Eagle Feathers by First Nations in recognition of work on behalf of First Nations communities including Residential School victims.
- Western Editor of the Reports of Family Law (Carswell)
- Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Lecturer from time to time at Bar Admission, CBA, and other professional forums including Toronto Class Action Conference 2006, Barreau du Quebec Class Proceedings Conference 2008, University of Ottawa "Environmental Class Actions", 2009, and British Columbia Class Actions, 2009
Background
- D.Admin., University of Regina, 1984
- B.A. (Econ.), University of Saskatchewan, 1968
- LL.B., University of Saskatchewan, 1967
Bar Admissions
- Called to the Bar, Arizona. 1987
- Called to the Bar, British Columbia, 1977
- Called to the Bar, Alberta, 1976
- Called to the Bar, Saskatchewan, 1968
Memberships
- Commercial Law League of America, 2000
- Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
- Past Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1993
- Member of the C.B.A., A.B.A., & Trial Lawyers of America, 1991
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Journal of Family Law
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Family Law Journal
- (past member) Bell Canada Enterprise Development Boards of Directors
Awards
- Honorary War Chief (as a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Indian Name: Flanking Warrior), 2008
- Austrian Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2006
- Sask. Centennial Medal, 2005
- Queen's Memorial, 2002
- Canadian Long Service Medal, 1984
- Queen's Decoration Medal, 1976
- Government Canada Bursary, 1963-1967
- I.O.D.E. Scholarship, 1963
Publications
Author of many Articles and Professional Publications:
- Suggestions for Practitioners- Child Support Guidelines Reference Manual, published Department of Justice, 1997
- Chapter 24, Child Custody and Practice, McLeod, Carswell, 1995
- Risible Compensation for the Dead Child, Journal of Motor Vehicle Law, 1995, p. 37
- Introduction to Battle, Child Custody Law & Practice, VI, 1994
- The Bankruptcy Dodge Family Law Quarterly. V9 1993, P162
- The Support Rights of Children Born Outside of Marriage, Family Law Quarterly, V7, #3,1991, P359
- Proposals Relating to Saskatchewan Matrimonial Property Legislation, Family Law Quarterly, V5,#2. 1991, P65
- 2008 Developements Recents En Recours Collectifs, Volume 295
- Qu'Appelle - The National Class, p. 93
Contact
306-359-7777