Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Commercial Law II: Bills of Exchange (2024 Reissue) / Consumer Protection (2024 Reissue) / Sale of Goods (2024 Reissue)

Maurice Coombs, B.Sc., LL.B., LL.M., is a former partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and was a Senior Member of the firm’s Research Group until his retirement at the end of December 2004. Until January of 1998, he served as Chair of the firm’s Research Group, a post he held for more than 15 years. His research practice at Osler was focused on corporate and commercial law, trust law, partnerships, institutional investment law, conflicts of laws and related matters. In his practice, he worked extensively for various public- and private-sector pension funds, as well as major investment houses, structuring products for institutional investment purposes. He also undertook consulting roles with federal and provincial authorities on various legislative initiatives.

Maurice has also lectured at, and written papers for, legal and professional programs held by a variety of organizations. In his earlier years, Maurice worked for approximately five years as a research assistant at the Ontario Law Reform Commission. In 1972, he left the Commission and joined Bertha Wilson at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in her research practice.

Since his retirement from Osler, Maurice has undertaken a series of freelance and contract research projects and has authored, co-authored or contributed to various LexisNexis Canada publications, including the Agency, Business Corporations, Bills of Exchange, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Equitable Remedies, Partnerships, and Real Property titles in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada. He is a co-author, with Kevin McGuinness, of Canadian Business Corporations, 4th Edition (LexisNexis Canada, 2024).

Eugenia (Evie) Bouras, LL.L., J.D., is counsel at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Her practice is focused on advertising and marketing and regulated consumer products. She provides expert advice to clients in various industries and valuable insight on consumer protection issues, promotional campaigns, product claims and consumer complaints, and is called in Ontario and Québec.

Valerie Steeves, BA., J.D., Ph.D., is a full Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, with a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Law. Her main area of research is law and technology issues. Professor Steeves has written and spoken extensively on commercial privacy regulation, and is currently the principal investigator on The eQuality Project, which examines the impact of online commercial surveillance on young people. Professor Steeves is also an active participant in the privacy policy making process and a frequent intervenor before parliamentary committees. She has served as a member of the Technical Committee on Privacy of the Canadian Standards Association and as Chair of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Privacy Coalition. Professor Steeves was called to the Bar in 1984, and formerly practised corporate commercial law in Toronto.