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Frank J.C. Newbould

Address: 

Arbitration Place
Bay Adelaide Centre
333 Bay Street, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5H 2R2

Phone Number: 
1 416 304-7980
Fax Number: 
1 416 304-1313
Email: 
fnewbould@arbitratrionplace.com
fnewbould@tgf.ca
Born: 
1943 Canada
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Canadian
Education: 
B.A. Queen’s University 1964
L.L.B. University of Toronto 1967
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Law Society of Upper Canada 1969
Present Position: 
Counsel to Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
Professional Experience: 

Practising barrister from 1979 to 2006; an arbitrator from approximately 2000 to 2006; Justice of the Superior Court on Ontario 2006 to 2007 (Head of the Commercial List 2014 to 2017).

Professional Associations: 

Member of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee; member of INSOL International (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals); member of III (International Insolvency Institute); fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; honourary member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Panel member of Arbitration Place in Toronto; panel member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Arbitration Experience: 

Extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator prior to being appointed to the Superior Court of Justice. As a justice, released a very large number of reported decisions. A few examples: Fairfield Sentry Ltd. v PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2017 ONSC 3447, a damage claim by a feeder fund to the Madoff business for $5 billion for auditor’s negligence arising from the Madoff fraud; Re Nortel, 2015 ONSC 2987, 27 C.B.R. (6th) 175, a joint hearing of the Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a first of its kind, to allocate $7.3 billion amongst the Canadian, U.S. and EMEA estates of Nortel; U.K. Pension Claimants v Nortel, 2014 ONSC 6973, 20 C.B.R. (6th) 171, claims made by the UKPC based on the FSD provisions of the U.K. Pensions Act for in excess of $3 billion, a claim of £495.25 million under a guarantee made by Nortel and a claim of $150 million under another guarantee made by NNL.

Areas of Specialization: 
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy
Business Law
Contracts
Litigation
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator prior to being appointed to the Superior Court of Justice. As a justice, released a very large number of reported decisions. A few examples: Fairfield Sentry Ltd. v PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2017 ONSC 3447, a damage claim by a feeder fund to the Madoff business for $5 billion for auditor’s negligence arising from the Madoff fraud; Re Nortel, 2015 ONSC 2987, 27 C.B.R. (6th) 175, a joint hearing of the Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a first of its kind, to allocate $7.3 billion amongst the Canadian, U.S. and EMEA estates of Nortel; U.K. Pension Claimants v Nortel, 2014 ONSC 6973, 20 C.B.R. (6th) 171, claims made by the UKPC based on the FSD provisions of the U.K. Pensions Act for in excess of $3 billion, a claim of £495.25 million under a guarantee made by Nortel and a claim of $150 million under another guarantee made by NNL.