Mitchell Folk Associate | Calgary

About Mitchell

Mitchell's practice focuses on all areas of corporate/commercial litigation and dispute resolution. He has experience in a variety of areas, including civil arbitration and mediation, construction litigation, securities litigation, contractual disputes, employment matters and administrative law.

Before joining Blakes, Mitchell served as a judicial law clerk for the justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta.

Select Experience

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

Publications

Co-author : With Strings Attached? Alberta Court of Appeal Issues New Guidance About Whether Non-Parties to a Contract Can Be Compelled to Arbitrate
Blakes Bulletin on Arbitration, December 10, 2024.
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.