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Winton derby, K.c.

EMAIL: wderby@cmbmediation.com

Winton is a mediator and arbitrator with extensive dispute resolution experience. He has conducted several complex multi-party mediations on a variety of legal issues related to:

  • commercial matters including shareholder and directors disputes, securities issues, real estate, class actions, and wills and estates;

  • negligence and insurance claims including personal injury and medical malpractice.

During Winton's career as a litigator, he appeared at all level of Courts of British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. Winton draws on the experience of having practiced for over 40 years as a litigator in the areas of corporate, commercial, securities, family, and administrative law at a leading national law firm, where he also headed the Litigation group in the Vancouver office. He then went on to act as General Counsel at a large restaurant chain followed by working for a Vancouver based investment firm where he oversaw the successful sale of that company to a national brokerage firm.

He also acted in a securities case that is still the leading case regarding disclosure pursuant to the Securities Act of British Columbia.

One of Winton’s past clients describes his approach:

“I have attended numerous mediations in my 20+ years of practice. Mr. Derby showed a unique capacity to establish a good and friendly rapport with all parties at the mediation, a keen knowledge of human nature and great instinct.”

The client goes on to describe Winton’s strength in bringing people together for a successful result. 

"…his keen knowledge of human nature, his instinct born of experience and his unique capacity to establish rapport with all parties are what made this mediation a success."

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of British Columbia: 1960

  • Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia: 1964

  • Called to the British Columbia Bar: 1965

  • Appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel): 1986

  • Member of the Law Society of British Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

ADR-Related Affiliations, Activities & Recognition

  • Lecturer and instructor at the University of British Columbia

  • Member of the Executive of the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association

  • President of the Vancouver Bar Association

  • Chair of Law Day

  • Pro Tem British Columbia Provincial Court Judge

  • Appeared in the Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory as a leading lawyer in the areas of corporate, commercial and securities litigation

  • Successfully completed the Partners, Directors & Officers Course governed by the Canadian Securities Industry

  • Past Chair of the Coast Mental Health Foundation Board of Governors

 
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