Mitchell Folk Associate | Calgary

Representative matters in which Mitchell has been involved include:

• Acting for construction clients in defending builders' liens claims

• Acting for a registered charity in a claim for wrongful use of its trade name and branding

• Assisting with defending shareholder claims for oppression

• Assisting with a successful plan of arrangement to carry out a corporate amalgamation

• Assisting with an action for constructive dismissal

• Assisting with a C$65-million expedited private arbitration that progressed from notice of arbitration to final award within 2.5 months

Mitchell is a member of the Law Society of Alberta. He also volunteers with the King's Bench Amicus Program and Civil Claims Duty Counsel Program, where he provides pro bono legal advice to underrepresented litigants.

• Co-author : Time for a Change: Alberta Court Calls for New Rules for Appeals of Applications Judges
  Blakes Bulletin on Litigation & Dispute Resolution, June 19, 2024.
• Co-author : Review of Allan C Hutchinson, Democracy and Constitutions: Putting Citizens First
  Review of Constitutional Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 169-176, 2023.
• Author : An Encomium for Consideration: Indigenous Project Support and the Grassy Mountain Public Interest Determination
  Lakehead Law Journal, Vol 5:2, 2023.
• Co-author : A Eulogy for Arbitral Deference? The Standard of Review for Private Arbitrations Post-Vavilov
  Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, June 2022.
• Author : More Problem Than Solution? Patent Subject-Matter Eligibility Following Choueifaty and CIPO’s 2020 Practice Notice
  Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 36, pp. 50-58, 2021.

Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2023
JD, University of Calgary – 2022  
BBA (Hon.), Okanagan College – 2019