Roger S. Watts*

Shareholder

Roger Watts is the leader of the Transportation Focus Group. He practices exclusively in civil litigation. He has appeared at trial before the Federal Court of Canada, the Yukon Supreme Court and the B.C. Supreme and Provincial Courts, as well as at the appellate level before the B.C. Court of Appeal.

Mr. Watts has represented plaintiffs, defendants and insurance interests in a number of personal injury and casualty cases, including motor vehicle litigation, marine casualties, aviation casualties and occupiers’ liability cases. He has also acted for a number of marine underwriters and other clients in other maritime law matters such as cargo loss cases, ship collisions, fire losses, ship and sistership arrest, ships’ mortgages, and marine insurance coverage disputes.

Mr. Watts’ experience in aviation loss claims include product liability issues, class action claims and personal injury/death claims relating to small aircraft and helicopter crashes.

Mr. Watts also has experience in aboriginal litigation matters, having acted for B.C. and Yukon First Nations with respect to land use, employment and other litigation matters (including having acted for a Yukon First Nation in 2008, on obtaining injunctive relief against the Yukon Territorial Government with respect to a land acquisition issue).

He speaks fluent French and is conversant in Swedish.