About the Author

• Author: David A. Crerar
• Pages: 361-362

About

the

Author

David

Crerar

is

a

partner

in

the

Vancouver

office

of

Borden

Ladner

Gervais

LLP,

serving

as

the

national

leader

of

the

firm

’

s

Defamation

and

Media

Law

Group.

He

is

recognized

as

a

leading

commercial

liti



gation

lawyer

in

the

current

editions

of

Benchmark

Litigation,

The

Best

Lawyers

in

Canada,

and

Martindale-Hubbell.

He

practises

in

the

area

of

civil

and

commercial

litigation,

with

a

focus

on

antifraud

law,

defamation

and

media

law,

shareholder

disputes,

protection

of

trade

secrets,

and

Internet,

banking,

and

pensions

litigation.

He

has

pub



lished

many

articles

on

those

and

other

areas

and

has

contributed

to

many

continuing

legal

education

conferences

as

an

author,

lecturer,

and

chair.

He

is

the

co-editor

and

a

co-author

of

British

Columbia

Busi



ness

Disputes,

which

received

the

Outstanding

Achievement

Award

from

the

International

Association

of

Continuing

Legal

Education,

as

well

as

the

latest

edition

of

the

leading

Canadian

textbook

on

civil

procedure,

The

Civil

Litigation

Process.

He

is

also

a

contributing

editor

to

The

Continuing

Legal

Education

Society

of

British

Columbia

publi



cations

British

Columbia

Creditors

’

Remedies

—

An

Annotated

Guide

and

British

Columbia

Civil

Trial

Handbook.

He

has

served

as

an

adjunct

pro



fessor

at

the

University

of

British

Columbia

’

s

Faculty

of

Law,

lecturing

on

civil

procedure,

since

2004.

He

serves

on

the

boards

of

the

Vancouver

International

Marathon

Society

and

the

Canadian

Media

Lawyers

Association

and

volunteers

with

Access

Pro

Bono

and

the

British

Columbia

Civil

Liberties

Asso



ciation.

Outside

of

the

law,

his

passions

are

outdoor

adventures

with

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