Nevin Fishman*

• Investigating and defending claims on behalf health care professionals and their staff in negligence and contract, Nevin’s experience covers all manner of catastrophic injury, including fatalities.
• Nevin advises with respect to professional misconduct and disciplinary matters, billing disputes, consent to treatment issues, credentialing, practice reviews, coroners’ investigations and inquests.
• His experience includes appearing regularly before various boards (ex. Hospital Appeal Board; ex. Health Professions Review Board), tribunals, regulators, arbitration panels, commissions of inquiry and the governing bodies of a range of institutions and professional disciplines.
• Representing Canadian and international clients, including manufacturers, distributors, dealers, end users and their respective insurers, Nevin brings a wide range of experience to defending automotive product liability claims, product recalls and product warnings.
• Since 1986, Nevin has been defending insurers in the area of personal injury law. He has successfully defended numerous major tort claims out of car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian and shipping accidents.
• Nevin advises disability insurers on their coverage obligations and defending claims under disability policies – both group and individual. His experience includes claims for bad faith, punitive and aggravated damages as well as obtaining early bifurcation orders for disability insurers.

• LL.B, University of Toronto (1985)

• Provincial Health Services Authority v Campbell, 2021 BCSC 823 (CanLII) – BC Supreme Court decision dismissing the PHSA’s Petition for judicial review of HAB’s Merits Decision and Order to restore the physician’s hospital privileges    https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/21/08/2021BCSC0823.htm
• Campbell v Provincial Health Services Authority, HAB Decision No. 2018-HA-002(f) – seminal decision restoring the hospital privileges of a physician on the basis that:
• (i) termination of his Clinical Services Contract constructively revoked his “permit to practice in the hospital”; (ii) patient allocation decisions resulted in a modification of privileges over time; and (iii) the decision not to allocate any cases after the termination of his Clinical Services Contract amounted to a constructive revocation of his privileges – https://www.hab.gov.bc.ca/final_dec/2018ha002f.pdf
• Zalaba v. Lau, 2017 BCSC 525 (CanLII). Summary dismissal of an action against a physician.
• In the Matter of The Medicare Protection Act –Audit Hearing of Dr. Winston Tam (May 5, 2016)
• Campbell v. Swetland, 2012 BCSC 423. The first authority in British Columbia defeating a claim for interest on litigation loans (at paras. 91 – 104).
• Holland v. Douglas, 2010 BCCA 434. The first award of special costs on a lump sum basis from the B.C. Court of Appeal to our client, a treating physician. Other recent successes arising out of the same medical malpractice litigation include: Holland v. Marshall, 2011 BCSC 65; Holland v. Douglas, 2010 BCCA 345; Holland v. Douglas, 2010 BCSC 96.
• Josephson v. Balfour Recreation Commission, 2010 BCCA 339 and 2010 BCSC 603. These cases form, perhaps, the leading British Columbia authority regarding the territorial competence of our Courts over torts and the interpretation of the Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act. Of note, the appeal was overturned by consent as part of a negotiated settlement.
• K.D. v. B.C. Women’s Hospital et al, 2004 BCSC 1568. Successful defence at trial of a medical malpractice action against our clients – a perinatologist and an oby./gyn. resident – arising out of the death of a twin at delivery.
• McClelland v. Dr. Stewart, 2003 BCSC 1292. A leading authority regarding the prospect of suing a public body – the College of Physicians and Surgeons – in negligence despite its statutory immunity from liability.
• Morrison v. Cormier Vegetation Control, March 22, 1996, No. B944774 Vancouver Registry https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/1996/1996canlii939/1996canlii939.html. A leading authority on the consent – express or implied – to operate a motor vehicle as contemplated by s. 79 of the Motor Vehicle Act. This personal injury claim ultimately went to trial; see Morrison v. Cormier Vegetation Control, June 16, 1998, No. B944774 Vancouver Registry – https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/1998/1998canlii3311/1998canlii3311.html

• Admitted to the British Columbia Bar, 1986
• Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 1986
• Member, CBA – Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Canadian Defence Lawyers Association
• Member, DRI – Defence Research Institute
• Member, The Advocates’ Society
• Member, Medical-Legal Society of British Columbia
• Member, Jewish Lawyers’ Study Group (aka Beth Israel Law and Learn)

• The Advocate
• CLE B.C.
• Canadian Defence Lawyers (CDL)
• INSIGHT
• Medical-Legal Society of B.C.
• Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA)
• CSME – Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

Born and bred in Vancouver, Nevin is a proud of his native city. He cherishes its people, culture and nature. When not practising law, Nevin’s spare time is devoted to his wife, their three grown children, chocolate lab (Arya) and barn cat (Wilbur).

Nevin studies Krav Maga, kick-boxing, and was a Dunbar Community Patroller for 10 years.