Sheila M. MacPherson
Recognized since 2008
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Family Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Sheila is the most senior civil litigator in our Yellowknife office. She has experience in all levels of court in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut and has appeared before a number of boards and tribunals. She routinely advises and represents both the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut on legal issues before courts. She is presently the Law Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Sheila has considerable experience in the area of parliamentary privilege, legislative drafting and interpretation and constitutional law, much of that arising out of her experience with the Legislative Assembly stemming back to 1988. She has advised, and continues to advise, a number of boards with respect to their legal obligations. She is counsel for the Government of the NWT and the Government of Nunavut on child protection cases and, as such, appears before the Courts of both jurisdictions on these matters on a regular basis.
Contact & Links
- E-mail: smacpherson@lawsonlundell.com
- Direct Phone Number: 867-669-5500
- Phone Number: 867-669-5500
- Lawyer Page: https://www.lawsonlundell.com/team-Sheila-MacPherson
Location
- 4915 - 48th Street, Suite 200 YK Centre East
P.O. Box 818
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N6
Canada
Languages
- English
Bar Admissions
- Nunavut, 1999
- Northwest Territories, 1988
Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association - Member
- Project Law Blog - Contributor
Lawson Lundell LLP
76 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards
19 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ awards
Full Firm Profile
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2023 for work in:
- Family Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Awards:
- Fellow of The Litigation Counsel of America
- Chambers Canada 2017: recognized in the General Business Law: Canadian North and Arctic (Canada) category
- Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for Family and Personal Injury Litigation law
Experience
Presently Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (September 2008)- Acted as Deputy Law Clerk (1988-1990) and Law Clerk (1990-2000) to the Legislative Assembly
- Has (and continues to) act as counsel on matters involving constitutional challenges in the area of child protection legislation and disability issues
- Acted as legal counsel in numerous cases involving issues of parliamentary privilege and parliamentary law
- Significant practice in acting as counsel for the Director of Child and Family Services for both the NWT and Nunavut on matters relating to child protection proceedings
- Counsel to the Nunavut Planning Commission on matters relating to legislation and administrative law issues
- Has extensive experience in the realm of litigation involving same sex rights
- Has extensive experience acting in the area of custom adoption and private adoptions
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