Margaret Waddell, Partner
Education
ADRIC Arbitrator Course, Q. Arb., 2024
The Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR), Law Society Tribunal, Effective Adjudication Training, 2023
Osgoode Law School, LL.M, 2002
Queen’s University, LL.B, 1987
Bar admission
Ontario, 1989
Alberta, 1991
Margaret L. Waddell brings to her clients three decades of experience in successfully prosecuting and resolving Class Actions and Complex Civil Disputes. Margaret is recognized as a leading lawyer in the field of class actions, and has acted as class counsel on a number of prominent cases in this field. Margaret is also a seasoned litigator acting in all manner of commercial conflicts.
Margaret has acted on both plaintiff and defence-side class actions, in a variety of fields, including product liability, consumer protection, fraud, securities misrepresentations, institutional abuse, and professional negligence.
Margaret is a seasoned ADR practitioner, acting as both arbitrator and mediator, who can help litigants reach solutions to their disputes quickly and cost efficiently. Her wealth of experience in complicated and high-stakes litigation makes her an excellent choice for deciding disputes out of court. Her ADR practice focuses on corporate & commercial litigation, including real estate development, shareholder disputes, multi-party litigation, employment disputes, and any matter involving class proceedings or claims adjudication.
She also sits as an adjudicator on the Law Society Tribunal.
- Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Class Actions, 2022
- Ranked in Chambers Canada – Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff)
- Listed as “Most Frequently Recommended” in Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory – Class Actions
- Listed as “Most Frequently Recommended” in LEXPERT Guide to Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada: Class Action Litigation
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Commercial Litigation
- Listed in Benchmark – Top 50 Women in Litigation and Litigation Star — Class Actions
- “What is the Duty of Good Faith in the Franchise Class Action Context?”, OBA 16th Annual Franchise Law Conference, November 2016
- “Cross-border Securities Class Actions – Where are we after Kaynes v. BP?” Class Action Journal, Vol. X, No. 4, Federated Press.
- “Ontario’s Courts Trending Toward Limiting International Class Actions”, Lexpert 2014 Guide to the Leading Cross-border Litigation Lawyers, p. 30 – 33.
- “Interventions at the Court of Appeal”, Civil Appeals: Issues, Strategies and Best Practices, June 2014
- “Is a Class Arbitration Do-able?”, OBA Class Action News, June 2014
- “Anatomy of a Failed Settlement”, OBA Class Action News, March 2014
- “Indirect Purchasers Given Green Light”, OBA Class Action News, November 2013
- “The Fallout from Timminco”, OBA Class Action News, May 2013
- Waddell, Margaret L. and Leclerc J. “Defence before Certification”, OBA Class Action News, November 2011
- “The Limits to Recovery: Economic Loss Claims from the Defendant’s Perspective”, Thunder Bay Fall CLE (Civil Program) – Damages Issue, October 2011
- “Understanding Claims of Privilege and How Privilege Can be Lost”, Evidence for Litigators – Effective Court Room Management of Your Case, September 2010
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Law Society of Ontario
- Law Society of Alberta
- The Advocates’ Society
- Toronto Lawyers’ Association – Past President, 2019 – 2020