Patricia A. Speight

Patricia A. Speight

Practice Areas:

  • Civil litigation
  • Class actions

 Dr. Speight is currently a member of the counsel team prosecuting, among others, the following class actions:

  • Foreign exchange charges on securities transactions - National Bank, Nesbitt Burns, RBC Direct, Royal Bank Full Service
  • Product liability - Guidant
  • Price Fixing - Chocolates, Korean Air, Polyurethane, Transatlantic, Transpacific
  • Securities – Alange, Armtec, Imax
  • Other - Manulife, Trinity

Dr. Speight was a member of the plaintiffs' counsel group in the following successfully resolved class actions:

  • Criminal rates of interest - Money Mart
  • Foreign exchange charges on credit cards - BNS Visa Card, CIBC Visa Card, TD Visa Card
  • Product liability - Surestep
  • Securities - Atlas, CV Technologies, NovaGold, Southwestern, YBM
  • Other - Hepatitis C, Walkerton

Admitted:
Ontario, 1986

Education:
University of Windsor (LL.B.)
University of Oxford (post-doctoral)
University of Toronto (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

Windsor:
Tel: 519.561.6213 | Fax: 519.561.6203 | 866.316.5308
Toronto:
Tel: 416.362.7272 | 800.435.3446 | Fax: 416.362.2475 | 800.440.3778

 

Memberships:
Law Society of Upper Canada
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Essex Law Association