Tae Mee is an associate at BJCTB since 2005.She has a varied litigation practice with particular experience in the aviation and media industries, including claims work, regulatory disputes, administrative law, libel/slander law, constitutional law and appellate advocacy. Her practice has provided her with the opportunity to appear at the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court, all levels of the Ontario courts and before administrative tribunals, including the Canadian Transportation Agency and Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Upon graduation from law school, Tae Mee received the Osgoode Society Prize, awarded to the top 15 graduating law students in her class and was also the recipient of several writing awards. Tae Mee completed the 2009 Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop which is held by Osgoode Law School and modelled after the program developed by the U.S. National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

EDUCATION

University of Western Ontario (B.A. (Hons. Political Science), 2001) Queen's University (LL.B., 2004).

 

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Aviation

• - successfully represented an air carrier as co-counsel in an appeal before the Federal Court which affirmed the jurisdiction of the Canadian Transportation Agency in the adjudication of complaints respecting discrimination based on disability in the Canadian transportation network (Morten v. Air Canada, 2010; appeal pending)
  
  
• - successfully obtained a dismissal in an action brought against an air carrier on the basis of lack of Article 28 jurisdiction under the Warsaw Convention in a decision that expands upon the interpretation by the Canadian courts of the term "accident" under Article 17 (Balani v. Lufthansa, S.C.J., 2010)
  
  
• - successfully obtained a stay of proceedings in an action brought against an air carrier on the basis of lack of Article 28 jurisdiction under the Warsaw Convention in a decision that addresses important legal issues including Article 28 jurisdiction and issues of attornment (Ahshad v. Lufthansa, S.C.J., 2009)
  
  
• - successfully represented an air carrier as co-counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal where the court held that an air carrier is not the agent of a travel agency that issued fraudulent tickets and accordingly not liable for passengers' losses (Lufthansa v. Canada Transportation Agency, F.C.A, 2007)
  
  
• - represented air carriers as co-counsel in complex hearings before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Transportation Agency on issues of passenger rights and carrier regulation involving numerous medical, safety and accident experts
  
  
• - successfully defended aircraft vendor as co-counsel in an action for fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of a vintage military aircraft (Woods v. Cowley, Ont. Superior Court of Justice, 2006)
  
  
• - successfully defended air carriers in lengthy small claims trials involving denied boarding claims and delay claims

 

Media

• - appeared before the Supreme Court as co-counsel for an intervener newspaper in a landmark case that established the law of journalist-source confidentiality privilege in Canada (National Post v. Canada, SCC, 2010)
  
  
• - experienced in dealing with Internet libel issues
  
  
• - experienced in pursuing and defending defamation actions, including defending major Canadian media outlets in complex and novel libel cases
  
  
• - experienced in preparing argument and evidence opposing publication bans or sealing orders

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

- panelist on the Americas breakout session re: challenges facing airlines providing services in the Americas, presented at the IATA 2011 Legal Symposium

- “Attorney Advertising in Canada: Regulation by Self-Governance,” presented at American Bar Association, Air and Space Law Forum, October 2010

- regular contributor to BJCTB's monthly Litigation Notes and Transportation Notes, and the BCJTB Canadian Aviation Update Annual Review

- co-author of presentations on Canadian regulation of passenger rights at 2008 and 2009 IATA Legal Symposium

- co-author of presentations on media law:  underwriting media policies and Internet libel; fundamentals of libel law for university journalists

- "Passenger Wishes and Carrier Choices - the Case of Medical Emergencies in Flight," presented at the IATA Cabin Health Conference, 2007 (co-author)

- "Regulation of Air Transport in Canada," Getting the Deal Through, Air Transport (2006) - annual publication by Global Competition Review (co-author)

- "In the Best Interests of the Aboriginal Child," Windsor Rev. Social & Legal Issues (Nov. 2003), vol. XVI

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVMENT

- Advocates' Society, Member

- American Bar Association, Associate Member, Air & Space Law Forum

- Canadian Bar Association, Air and Space Law Section, Executive Member

- Canadian Bar Association, Entertainment, Media and Communications Section, Member

- International Aviation Women's Association, Member

- Korean Canadian Lawyers’ Association, Mentoring Committee

- Women in Aviation International, Member

- Young Women in Law, Director