Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) is a Canadian law firm with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary.
History
On June 13, 2023, BLG partner Patrick Heinsen sent Dr. Daniel Nagase a letter on behalf of Alberta Health Services (AHS) demanding he remove his Substack articles titled "A deadly day in the ER: My thoughts on a patient’s deadly ER visit" and "The Difference Between Negligence and Homicide: a process in thought".[1] AHS legal counsel Sarah Louw was also copied on the e-mail.[2]
Organization
BLG is a member organization of the Canadian College of Health Leaders[3] and the C.D. Howe Institute,[4] and a partner of BioTalent Canada.[5]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cromwell | Senior Counsel[6] | Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group, Supreme Court of Canada, Nova Scotia Court of Appeals, Dalhousie University, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) |
| Patrick Heinsen | Partner[7] | Represents Alberta Health Services[2:1] |
Clients
Activities
BLG has provided notable funding to:
- Hennick Bridgepoint Foundation[8]
- Humber River Health Foundation[9]
External links
Nagase, D. (2023, June 16). Laws in Canada Part 2: Lawyers? Law Firms? Substack; Logical Surprises. http://archive.today/2023.07.08-194953/https://danielnagase.substack.com/p/laws-in-canada-part-2-lawyers-law ↩︎
Heinsen, P. (2023). Re: Logical Surprises - Blog Posts (BLG 014758.576). Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. https://ia902609.us.archive.org/35/items/2023-06-13-letter-to-d-nagase-137388242.2/2023-06-13 Letter to D Nagase(137388242.2).pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Corporate Members List. Canadian College of Health Leaders. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230417025641/https://cchl-ccls.ca/corporate-membership/corporate-members/ ↩︎
Annual Report 2021. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109082150/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf ↩︎
Partners. BioTalent Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220905235912/https://www.biotalent.ca/partners/ ↩︎
The Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell. BLG. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231210145054/https://www.blg.com/en/people/C/Cromwell-Thomas ↩︎
Patrick Heinsen | Health Care Disputes Lawyer Calgary. BLG. Retrieved December 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231211173050/https://www.blg.com/en/people/h/heinsen-patrick ↩︎
Donors. Henrick Bridgepoint Hospital. Retrieved March 13, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.13-064043/https://www.hennickbridgepointhospital.ca/en/foundation/donors.asp ↩︎
New Donations. Humber River Hospital Foundation. Retrieved August 8, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200808051540/https://www.hrhfoundation.ca/our-thanks/new-donations/ ↩︎
