Background
Richards, Robert G. was born on December 26, 1952 in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.
Richards, Robert G. was born on December 26, 1952 in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.
University of Saskatchewan (Bachelor of Commerce, 1975. Bachelor of Laws, 1979). Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Master of Laws, 1982).
Worked at MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman (Regina, Saskatchewan) specializing in General Practice. Trial and Appellate Practice. Corporate and Commercial Law.
Corporate Financing Law.
Insurance, Labor Relations, Mining, Oil and Gas, Probate and Estate Planning, Real Property, Taxation, Transportation. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Ontario.
1985, Saskatchewan.
Author: "Charter Procedure in Administrative Cases: General Principles and Concerns," 7 C.J.A.L.P. 135 (1994). "Reference Re Provincial Electoral Boundaries: An Analysis," in Drawing Boundaries, J. Courtney, P. MacKinnon, Doctorate. Smith eds.
(with T. Irvine); "Mahe v.
Alberta: Management and Control of Minority Language Education," (1991), 36 McGill Lord Justice 216. "The Changing Economic Order and the Canadian Constitution," American Bar Association Canadian Law Newsletter, Volume XII, Fall 1990. "The Canadian Constitution and International Economic Relations," in Canadian Federalism: Meeting Global Economic Challenges?, Doctorate. Brown and M. Smith eds.
"The Notice Provisions in the Constitutional Question Acting," (1989) Saskatchewan.
Law Review, 153; "Attorney General of Canada v. Canadian National Transportation Limited.
- Case Comment" (1985) 17 Ottawa Law Review 181. "Motions for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada," (1978-1979) 2 Advocates Quarterly 460.
Member: Regina and Canadian (Vice-President, National Constitutional Law Section, 1993.
Member, Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee, 1991-1993. Vice Chair, Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee, 1994) Bar Associations. Law Society of Saskatchewan.
Law Society of Upper Canada.
MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman continues a Saskatchewan legal tradition that dates from 1920 when the firm was founded by Murdoch Alexander MacPherson at the City of Regina.
Member: Regina and Canadian (Vice-President, National Constitutional Law Section, 1993. Member, Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee, 1991-1993. Vice Chair, Supreme Court of Canada Liaison Committee, 1994) Bar Associations.
Law Society of Saskatchewan.
Law Society of Upper Canada.