Patrick Palmer Associate | Vancouver

About Patrick

Patrick maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice. He has experience assisting clients in complex tort and contractual disputes, class actions, shareholder disputes, domestic and international arbitration, real estate disputes, and administrative law matters. Patrick has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia. He has acted as counsel on matters before the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, courts in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, and various arbitral and administrative tribunals.

Patrick joined Blakes as a summer student in 2018 and completed his articles with the Firm in 2021. Prior to his articles, he clerked for seven justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, including the Chief Justice.

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Trial counsel to a global marketing, logistics and distribution company in a contractual dispute involving the international delivery of chemical elements
Trial and appellate counsel to a real estate investment and management firm in proceedings concerning the ownership of commercial and residential properties
Counsel to a salmon farm operator in various Federal Court proceedings, including a judicial review which overturned the Minister of Fisheries' decision to end aquaculture in a region of coastal British Columbia
Class action counsel for an active pharmaceutical ingredient supplier in a proposed national class proceeding
Arbitration counsel to a climate tech company in an international arbitration involving claims of breach of contract and breach of good faith
Counsel to a publicly traded railway company in actions involving claims of negligence
Counsel to a hospitality company in a commercial tenancy dispute