Ken McEwan is a senior litigation lawyer who joined Hunter Litigation Chambers after twenty years of corporate-commercial practice, including more than ten years as a partner with the Vancouver firm of Farris and Company. 

Mr. McEwan graduated from the University of British Columbia with his Bachelor of Law degree in 1986.  He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in June, 1987.  Mr. McEwan practices as counsel in both civil and criminal litigation, with a particular focus on complex securities and corporate-commercial litigation, commercial arbitration and administrative law at the trial and appellate levels.  

Mr. McEwan has been recognized as one of British Columbia’s leading commercial litigators in both the Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory and the Chambers Global Directory.  He was named as one of the leading lawyers in Corporate-Commercial Litigation in the 2008 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is an annual contributor in the area of domestic arbitration the Lexpert CCCA directory and has been listed in the Legal Post Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of corporate commercial and class action litigation.  Martindale-Hubbel has given Mr. McEwan a ranking of AV. 

Mr. McEwan is the author of "Commercial Arbitration in Canada: A Guide to Domestic and International Arbitrations" published by Canada Law Book.  He has served as a facilitator for the Court and Regulators semester of the Osgoode Hall Law School Masters of Law program in Securities Law.  Mr. McEwan is the past President, Secretary/Treasurer of the Advocates Club.  He serves as an occasional lecturer for Continuing Legal Education, on topics related to litigation and is a contributing instructor for the University of British Columbia Law School Trial Advocacy Course.  He serves as a trustee for the Anmore Renewable Energy Foundation. 

Mr. McEwan is President of the Sopinka Cup Society which hosts the national finals of the Canadian law school trial moot competition.  He has been appointed by the Attorney General to serve as a member of the Rules Revision Committee for the Supreme Court Rules.  Mr. McEwan is a fellow of the International Society of Barristers.  He chairs a panel of the British Columbia Inns of Court project which was established to foster professionalism amongst young lawyers. 

Representative Cases 

Recent Cases include:

• counsel to Aurizon Mines Ltd. in defence of an attempted take-over bid;
• counsel in Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 24, a case involving the nature of a law firm’s duties and principles of equitable remedies.
• ad hoc counsel to the British Columbia Securities Commission in a number of investigations and court proceedings;
• counsel to AirIQ in a take-over bid dispute;
• counsel to Crew Development Corporation in a take-over bid dispute;
• counsel to Novus International Inc. in competition law class actions commenced in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia;
• represented DaimlerChrysler Corporation in class action litigation;
• counsel in class action litigation in the Manitoba Queens Bench involving the receivership of a labour- sponsored venture capital pool;
• counsel to Western Delta Lands Partnership in complex commercial litigation involving the disposition of Burns Bog;
• class action counsel in the national breast implant litigation for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Ltd. (3M);
• counsel to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates in litigation involving the privatization of BC Online;
• represented the former flight attendants of Canadian Airlines in relation to issues arising out of the merger between Canadian Airlines and Air Canada