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Well known in the medical legal community, Paul McGivern QC is a senior litigator who acts exclusively in plaintiff’s medical negligence and infant injury litigation cases. For the     past 35 years, his practice has been focused on complex catastrophic cases, especially infant birth trauma cases. Paul is one of the founding members of the Birth Injury Lawyers Alliance of Canada.  He has been a member of the Western Canadian Medical Malpractice Association since its inception.

Paul brings to his practice a unique background of 17 years as a medical malpractice defence counsel which provides him with unique insights into defence strategies and approaches.  He has been involved in hundreds of medical malpractice claims involving a myriad of complex medical and legal issues. He has litigated numerous high-profile precedent setting cases. In his career he has appeared as a lead counsel before every court level in British Columbia and also in the Supreme Court of Canada.