Background
Meech, Richard C. was born on September 16, 1921 in Portsmouth, England.
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Richard C. Meech
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University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, 1944). Harvard Law School (Master of Laws, 1951). Osgoode Hall Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1950).
Career
Worked at Borden & Elliot (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in General Practice. Banking and Finance; Corporate and Commercial including Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Arrangements and Reorganizations, Business Organizations and Competition and Marketing Law. International Business Law (including Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement matters).
Mining and Natural Resources.
Environmental Law; Expropriate Law. Municipal Law; Labour and Employment Law including Pensions and Employee Benefits.
Personal Services including Family Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts. Real Estate Financing, Development and Leasing.
Taxation (including Customs, Anti-dumping, Income and Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes).
Trial and Appellate Litigation before courts and administrative tribunals including Commercial, Criminal, Real Estate, Hospital and Medical Malpractice and Insurance Litigation (including Aviation, Casualty, Fire, Fidelity and Surety, General Liability, Motor Vehicle, Municipal, Professional Negligence, Errors and Omissions, Property and Personal Injury). Computer Technology, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Telecommunications. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Ontario.
Appointed Queen"s Counsel, 1960.
Partner, Borden & Elliot, 1958-1992. Honorary Consul for Thailand at Toronto, 1967.
Consul General, 1983. President, Harvard Law School Association of Ontario, 1971-1975.
Chairman, Section on Business Law, International Bar Association, 1982-1984.
President, The Canadian Club, 1974-1975. Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Thailand, 1986. Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 1990.
125th Anniversary Medal, 1993, Canada.
Member: Canadian Bar Association. International Bar Association (Councillor Emeritus.
Section on Business Law). Canadian Tax Foundation.
County of York Law Association.
History & Growth: The firm was founded in 1936 by Henry Borden, Queen's Counsel and Beverley V. Elliot, Queen's Counsel, two distinguished members of the Ontario bar, whose service in the firm is recognized in its name. Today Borden & Elliot is one of the largest law firms in Canada. There are over 200 lawyers practising in our offices in the Scotia Plaza in downtown Toronto and our York Region Office in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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Member: Canadian Bar Association. International Bar Association (Councillor Emeritus. Section on Business Law).
Canadian Tax Foundation.
County of York Law Association.
