ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen GA Pitel (BA Carleton University, LLB Dalhousie University,

LLM and PhD University of Cambridge) is a professor at the Faculty

of Law of Western University. He has written, co-written, edited or

co-edited over twenty books including Statutory Jurisdiction: An Analy-

sis of the Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act (2012), Tort Law:

Challenging Orthodoxy (2013), and Fridman’s The Law of Torts in Can-

ada (4th ed, 2020). He is the general editor of Private International Law

in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials (5th ed, 2023) and

a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Private International

Law. His teaching and research are focused on international commercial

litigation, civil procedure, torts and legal ethics. He has published many

articles on the conf‌lict of laws and on legal ethics. He has received sev-

eral teaching awards including the Ontario Confederation of University

Faculty Associations Teaching Award and the Edward G Pleva Award

for Excellence in Teaching. He is a former President of the University

of Western Ontario Faculty Association, a former member of Western

University’s board of governors and current President of the Canadian

Association for Legal Ethics.