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Gordon
Forsyth is a partner in the Halifax office of Pink Breen Larkin, where he represents
trade unions and employees in labour and employment matters before a variety of
administrative tribunals, including the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunals
in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, the Labour Relations Boards of Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland, the Construction Industry Panel of Nova Scotia, and the Canada Industrial
Relations Board, and before numerous arbitrators appointed either under a collective
agreement or statute. He has also represented trade unions in the Supreme Court
and the Appeal Court of Nova Scotia, the Supreme Court and Appeal Court in Newfoundland,
and before the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Forsyth was called to the Nova Scotia
Bar in 1984 and the Newfoundland Bar in 1993.
Mr.
Forsyth has also served as Chair or Co-Chair of the Labour Law Subsection of the
Canadian Bar Association in Nova Scotia from 1987 to 1993. He has participated
as a member of committees that drafted the Commercial Arbitration Act and
the Class Action Legislation for Nova Scotia. Since 1998, he has taught the Preparation
of a Witness section of the Bar Admission Course for the Nova Scotia Barristers'
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