Suite 1100, Cabot Place
100 New Gower St.
St. John’s, N.L.
A1C 6K3
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017
Legal Assistant(s): Dedra Hickman
Giles’ job is to help his clients resolve disputes in an efficient and timely way, through litigation, negotiation, or settlement. Giles’ clients include insurers, municipalities, businesses, and employers. Giles’ practice includes:
- Acting for municipalities and their insurers in respect of flooding and injurious affection claims;
- Acting for businesses, directors, shareholders, and public authorities in corporate-commercial disputes;
- Acting for and advising municipalities in respect of conflict of interest allegations, development and real property disputes, and expropriation matters;
- Acting for and advising employers in a range of matters, including discipline, terminations, and employment contracts;
- Acting for insurers in personal injury matters;
- Acting for and advising members of the construction industry in disputes involving competitive bidding and tendering, delay claims, and the design and execution of complex projects.
Giles has appeared in all levels of court in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Federal Court, various administrative tribunals, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Education & Career
Education
University of British Columbia Allard School of Law, JD, 2016
McGill University, BA (First Class Honours and Distinction), 2013
Activities
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Volunteer, Canadian Bar Association Small Claims Legal Clinic
Chair, Administrative Law section, Canadian Bar Association Newfoundland and Labrador branch
Accolades
Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Penney Award
Boyd Ferris Memorial Prize in Advocacy
British Columbia Law Foundation Award
David Roberts Prize in Legal Writing
Allard and Company Prize in Corporations
Second place written submissions at the 14th Annual Oxford Intellectual Property Moot
Publications
Co-author, “Resetting Limits”, Canadian Underwriter
September 03, 2016
Presentations
Co-presenter, “Municipal Liability in Negligence” (In Partnership with Canadian Public Works Association)
May 12, 2022
“Conflicts, Clean up, and Class Actions: Top 3 Municipal Cases in NL in the Past 12 Months”, 2019 MNL Municipal Symposium
May 03, 2019
“Highways, Byways, and Driveways – Dealing with Rights of Way the Right Way”, MNL Avalon and Eastern Regional Meeting
February 01, 2019
“Cameras, Conflicts, and (arbitration) Clauses: Top 3 municipal cases of the last 12 months”, 2018 MNL Municipal Symposium
May 04, 2018
“Dynamic Equity Splits: What, why and how”, Invest NL
September 19, 2017