Douglas B. Shatford, Q.C. - Partner
EMAIL: DOUG.SHATFORD@CSDLAW.CA
Douglas Shatford
Assistant: Crystal Simmonds
Education and Awards
- Bachelor of Commerce, Dalhousie University 1971
- Bachelor of Laws LLB., Dalhousie University 1974
- Awarded the Q.C. ,Queen’s Counsel designation 1995 under the new merit based appointment selection
Call to the Bar
- December 1974
Main Practice Areas:
- Criminal
- Family
- Civil Litigation
- Employment Law
- Property Law
- Personal Injury
- Wills and Estates
Professional Memberships/Associations:
- Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society (1974 to date)
- Bar Council Member(1988-1992)
- Discipline Committee “B” (1988-1993)
- Practice Assistance Committee (1988-1992)
- Ethics Committee (1995-2003)
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility (Chairperson 2006 to 2009)
- Hearing Committee ( Discipline )(2005 to date)
- Cumberland County Barristers Association
- President- 1982
- Library Chair 1976-1988; 2007-2009
- Canadian Bar Association ( 1974 to date )
- Council member (Nova Scotia Branch)1996-1998
- Health law section chair(Nova Scotia) 1996-1998
Community Involvements:
- Amherst Rotary Club (1978 to date; President 1988-1989 and 2006-2007)
- Amherst United Way (1979 Chairperson)
- Cumberland Regional Library Board of Directors (1996-2001)
- Nova Scotia Provincial Health Council (1997-2001)
Publications:
- Extinguishing Parents Rights (CLE Lectures- Family Law, 1981)
- Health Records in Civil and Criminal Proceedings (CBA Professional Dev. Halifax, 1988)
- Consent to Treatment, A Book Review (Nova Scotia Law News 1990; CBR Vol. 70, Sept., 1991)
- Designated Residence – Social Assistance Act (CBA Professional Development, Halifax, 1995)
- Lawyers and the Internet (CBA Professional Development, Halifax, 1996)
- HTML – New Language for Word Processing (Society Record, April 1997)
- Cyber Lawyers – Practicing Law in the Internet Age (CBA Professional Development, Halifax, May 1997)
- Access to Psychiatric Records (CBA Civil Litigation Conference, November, 1997)