 Bennett Jones Education Law Clerk, Chambers of the Honourable Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada, 2011-2012 University of Calgary, LLB, 2011 (Great Distinction), 2011 Harvard University, Masters in Philosophy and Hermeneutics, 2006 Mount Allison University, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy (Distinction), 2004 Bar Admissions Alberta, 2013 Clients turn to Brynne Harding to resolve complex and high-stakes commercial and regulatory disputes, knowing she brings deep expertise, sound judgment and a record of success before the courts. Overview With over a decade of litigation experience, Brynne's national litigation practice focuses on business-critical commercial disputes, public law matters and estate disputes. Brynne has appeared before all levels of court in Canada and before administrative tribunals. Brynne’s experience in dispute resolution includes representing clients in traditional court proceedings as well as in arbitration and mediation. Her work encompasses a wide range of matters involving constitutional questions, regulated industries, oil and gas royalties, e-commerce, regulatory investigations, judicial review of ministerial and tribunal decisions, income and commodity tax, health law and estate disputes. Brynne has acted in precedent-setting matters, confronting novel legal issues. Brynne has considerable experience in complex estate and trust litigation, having acted for personal representatives and trustees, beneficiaries, spouses and adult interdependent partners in a variety of disputes. A former law clerk to the Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada, Brynne contributes to the legal community as an instructor in Administrative Law at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law. She is also a past teacher in Trial Advocacy and Legal Research. Select Experience • Shopify in its successful opposition in the Federal Court of two CRA applications for Shopify to divulge business information about its merchants • Schlumberger Canada in its successful challenge to B.C. provincial sales tax assessments issued outside of the statutory limitation period • A group of real estate syndicate investors, in a claim against a number of former partners and operators alleging they have fraudulently siphoned millions of dollars out of the limited partnerships. • The administrator of a complex, high-value estate in the successful defence of an action by an estate creditor to remove them as personal representative, and in their successful application to recover estate administration expenses • A personal representative in their successful defence of an action seeking to remove them as personal representative of an estate and alleging misappropriation of estate property • Two minor beneficiaries in their action for recovery of estate property misappropriated by a personal representative of the estate • The National Self-Represented Litigants' Project as intervenor in a case concerning the excessive use of court access restriction orders against self-represented litigants • Two estate beneficiaries in their successful application to summarily dismiss an action claiming an untitled interest in 6,000 acres of ranchland in southern Alberta • BP Canada Energy Company in its successful opposition of a demand by the CRA for records that described the taxpayers' uncertain tax positions • Corus Entertainment in its successful application for interlocutory injunction prohibiting its competitor from broadcasting a successful "legacy" radio station brand that was intellectual property of Corus |