Background
W.M. Waters, Donovan was born on April 23, 1928 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
W.M. Waters, Donovan was born on April 23, 1928 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
University of Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, 1952. Bachelor of Civil Law, 1953. Master of Arts, 1958).
University of London (Doctor of Philosophy, Law of Equity, 1962).
1990, Oxfordshire (Doctorate.C.L.).
Worked at Douglas Symes & Brissenden (Vancouver, British Columbia) specializing in General Civil Practice. Corporate, Litigation, Franchising, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and Probate, Banking, Real Estate and Development, International and Domestic Taxations, Commercial and Secured Transactions, Securities, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Receivership, Computer Law, Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Insurance Litigation, Insurance Regulation, Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Labour Relations, Employment, Human Rights and Health Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Lincoln"s Inn, England.
1980, British Columbia.
1989, Queen"s Counsel. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago, 1953-1954.
Lecturer in Law: New College, Oxford, 1954-1956. University College London, 1956-1965 and Reader in English Law, University of London, 1965-1967.
Professor of Law, McGill University, Montreal, 1964-1967.
Gale Professor of Law, 1964-1967. Professor of Law, University of Victoria, 1977-1993. Scholars Professor of Law, 1993.
Visiting Professor, Universities of Chicago, Saskatchewan, Western Australia and Malaya.
Author: The Constructive Trust, Athlone Press, London, 1964. Law of Trusts in Canada, Carswell, Toronto, 1974 (second educated, 1984).
President, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, 1992-1994. Canadian Delegate to The Hague Conference of Private International Law, 1982-1984 (Convention on the Law of Trusts) and 1986-1988 (Convention on the Law of Succession.
Also Rapporteur to the Conference).
Chair, National Wills and Trusts Section, Canadian Bar Association, 1990-1992. Member: American College of Estate and Trust Law. Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.
Douglas, Symes & Brissenden is one of the oldest law firms in Western Canada.
The firm traces its history in Vancouver to the arrival of Ampere-hour Douglas in 1909. As of September, 1996, the firm has 48 lawyers.
Member: American College of Estate and Trust Law. Fellow, Royal Society of Canada. Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.