Acknowledgements

• Author: Roger McConchie; David Potts
• Profession: Member of the Bars of British Columbia and Alberta/Member of the Bar of Ontario
• Pages: 31-31

Acknowledgements

I

would like

to

express

my

profound thanks

to my

former secretary

and

assistant,

Donna

Hesse,

for her

diligence

and

patience

over

the

years

in

cre-

ating,

assembling

and

collating

the

many

drafts

involved

in

preparing this

book

and

facilitating

the

flow

of

information

to the

publisher.

I

also

received

invaluable cooperation

from

Library Services Manager Anne Beres-

ford,

Technicians Andy Froese

and

Nancy Souvestre,

and

Assistant Librari-

an

Frances Wong

at my

former

firm,

Borden Ladner Gervais

LLP

Carmen

Marolla,

a

litigation paralegal, provided valuable assistance

in

developing

the

underlying material

for

many chapters.

I

must also mention lawyers Allison Foord, Fred

Kozak,

Paul Eastwood,

Brian

MacLeod Rogers,

and

Patrick

G.

Foy

Q.C.

who

offered

helpful

com-

ments during

the

latter stages

of

this project.

Needless

to

say,

any

errors

which

survive

in

this work despite

the

kind

assistance

and

input

I

received

are my

responsibility.

Roger

D.

McConchie

I

would

first

like

to

thank Linda

F

Haney

for her

enthusiasm, organization-

al

genius,

and

supervision

of

this project.

Her

invaluable suggestions

con-

tributed immeasurably

to

this

book.

Jeffrey

Miller,

our

publisher,

and Jo

Roberts,

our

editor, provided support

and

assistance throughout

the

project.

Steve Wallace

and

Michael Maehle

of

Osgoode Hall

Law

School assisted quickly

and

cheerfully

in

retrieving cases

from

the

deepest recesses

of the

Great

Library.

Mr.

Justice Colin Campbell,

Mr.

Justice Dennis Lane,

and Mr.

Justice

James Carnwath

all of the

Ontario Superior Court

of

Justice provided

invaluable

advice

for the

chapter

on

Jury Charge.

And

finally

I

want

to

acknowledge

the

Honourable Charles Dubin, for-

mer

Chief Justice

of

Ontario,

for his

insightful

observations

and

comments,

but

also

for the

pleasure

of

learning

from

one of

Canada's pre-eminent libel

specialists.

David

A.

Potts

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