Rui M. Fernandes, Partner

Direct Tel: 416-203-9505
Fax: 416-203-9444
E-Mail: rui@fernandeshearn.com

Areas of Practice

• ADR
• Civil Litigation
• Business Law

Specialties

• Transportation
• Insurance
• Mediation and Arbitration

Background

Mr. Fernandes practices civil litigation. He is involved in all aspects of transportation law (aviation, marine, trucking, rail, freight forwarding, logistics and warehousing). His insurance practice includes coverage issues, errors and omissions claims, professional liability claims, marine and aviation, inland marine, property and casualty liability defence, and subrogation.

Rui Fernandes has been included in the 2008 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Mr. Fernandes is listed in the International Who's Who of Shipping and Maritime Lawyers, 2007, in Woodward and White's Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of transportation and maritime law and is noted in Lexpert as a maritime law practitioner. He is ranked by Martindale-Hubbell as a leading practitioner. Mr. Fernandes holds certificates from the University of Windsor for its ADR Workshop and for its Advanced ADR Workshop. Mr. Fernandes has appeared before the courts of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Fernandes also brings experience to his practice from his business background in running a number of successful businesses including vessel chartering, bio-technology, and publishing.

Education

• Admitted to Ontario Bar, 1982;
• CMILT - Chartered Member, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
• LL.M. - London School of Economics and Political Science, 1981;
• LL.B. - Osgoode Hall Law School, 1979;
• B.Sc. - University of Toronto, 1976.

Memberships and Activities

• Canadian Maritime Law Association (Executive member, Chair Piracy Committee);
• Advocates' Society;
• Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters;
• Defense Research Institute;
• Association of Average Adjusters of Canada (Past President, current Secretary);
• Association of Average Adjusters (U.K.)
• Association of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada;
• Canadian Transport Lawyers Association (Past President);
• Marine Club (President 1990-91);
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Bluestone ADR, Panelist

Publications

• "Marine Insurance Law of Canada", Butterworths Canada, 1987;
• "The Marine Club 1939-1989: Five Decades to Remember", Gallery Publications, 1988;
• Co-author of "The Annotated Canada Shipping Act", Butterworths Canada, 1988.
• "Shipping and Admiralty Law", Carswell, 1995;
• Contributing Editor "Canadian Encyclopedic Digest: Insurance- Part XIII Marine Insurance", Carswell 1995.
• "Boating Law of Canada (2nd Edition)", Aerospark Press, 2004;
• "Transportation Law", Aerospark Press, 1991-Present;