News & Events

Cox & Palmer is pleased to announce our Employer Partnership with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI). CCDI is a social organization, whose mission is to help those they work with be inclusive, free of prejudice and discrimination; and to generate awareness, dialogue and action for people to recognize diversity as an asset […]

Our Halifax office welcomes a team of talented lawyers who embrace our dedication to client service and are eager to build their practices. Ryan Chute, Dominique Perinchief, and Chelsea Barkhouse have joined our commercial litigation and insurance defence teams. Erin Mitchell has joined our employment & labour group, and is also practising in the area […]

We have learned that certain Cox & Palmer phone extensions have been “spoofed” by persons seeking personal, private and sensitive information from members of the public.  Neither Cox & Palmer nor our phone service providers are able to prevent bad actors from disguising their phone numbers.  These calls do not originate from Cox & Palmer […]

In alignment with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we will close our offices throughout the region to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th. This new federal statutory holiday stems from one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action to commemorate the legacy of residential schools and […]

We are pleased to announce that The Best LawyersTM in Canada 2022 listings for Cox & Palmer include 84 lawyers’ recognitions.  Initially published in 1983, Best Lawyers® is a guide to legal excellence, recognizing leading lawyers who have been selected through a peer-review process. The firm also has 16 “Lawyer of the Year” acknowledgements for 2022. This recognition, given […]

Cox & Palmer is proud to announce that Ashley Savinov (Wakeham) has joined the St. John’s partnership team. Ashley began her career at Cox & Palmer as a summer student and was called to the bar of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2014. Since that time, she has built a strong and successful employment and labour […]

Cox & Palmer’s Charlottetown office is pleased to welcome new associates, Maggie Hughes and Frank Follwell, after they were called to the Prince Edward Island Bar earlier this month. Prior to receiving a Juris Doctor from the University of New Brunswick in 2020, Maggie obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Co-operative) at Memorial University of Newfoundland […]

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day.  It is a day for the celebration of the contributions of Indigenous People.   While we celebrate this year, we are of course reminded of the truths that must be confronted.  The re-discovery of the mass burial site in Kamloops, BC, leaves all of us deeply troubled.  On this day […]

Suzanne Rix and Michelle Kelly, Partners in the Halifax office,  have received their Queen’s Counsel designations. Awarded each year to a select group of lawyers for their outstanding service, dedication and commitment to the legal profession, this designation recognizes our colleagues’ professional integrity, hard work and the high regard in which they are held by […]