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Tae Mee PARK

Print PageAdmitted to Bar, 2005, Ontario

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


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