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Paul Harte

Paul Harte is the principle lawyer in the firm. His practice is restricted to medical litigation. He has appeared at all levels in the Ontario courts and appears regularly in front of administrative tribunals, including the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Paul obtained degrees in economics and law and a Master of Business Administration all from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to setting up his own firm, he was employed with McCarthy Tétrault where he was involved with the defence of medical malpractice actions.

Paul has been involved in several high profile matters including the Commission of Inquiry into the Blood Supply in Canada, the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces in Somalia and most recently as one of the lead counsel in the Wilson Hepatitis B Class Action lawsuit which resulted in the largest medical malpractice settlement in Canadian history. He is currently lead counsel in the Errol Wai-Ping Class Action involving more than 350 women and is one of the lead counsel in the Testaguzza Acupuncture Class Action. He represents the Lewis and Lasovich families in the recently called inquest into the death of two young children at the McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton as well as the Atkinson family in relation to the death of their daughter at St. John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick. He was also lead counsel in D.P. v. Wagg, a landmark case on the admissibility of  evidence in civil lawsuits. Paul has made several recent media appearances advocating plaintiff medical malpractice issues including, The Fifth Estate, Disclosure, The Docket, Canada Am, Newsworld, The National,  CBC Morning, CFRB and CBC radio. He was profiled in the Canadian Bar Associations' National magazine and appeared on the August 2003 cover of Canadian Lawyer. Paul is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Advocates Society, the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, the Metropolitan Toronto Lawyer's Association, the York Region Law Association and the University of Western Ontario's 1878 Society.