Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Labour & Employment

Partner

Duncan practises in labour and employment law. He provides advice to clients on dismissal procedures, dispute resolution, managing downsizing and other cost-saving exercises, employment litigation and corporate due diligence.

He advises on all aspects of employment-related documentation, as well as workers’ compensation, discrimination law, termination tax issues and the interpretation of employment contracts and policies.

He frequently provides training on employment law updates, including to civil court provincial judges.

Before joining BLG in 2007, he practised for several years in London, England, in the employment law department of the world’s largest law firm.

Duncan is fluent in English and French, and speaks some German. He is an avid runner, breaking a world record for the fastest linked marathon as a charitable fundraising initiative.

Duncan is a member of BLG’s National Board. He was appointed to the King's Counsel in 2024.

• Part-time Commissioner, Alberta Human Rights Commission, Current, August 2018
• Member, Canadian Bar Association, Calgary South, Labour & Employment
• Member, Law Society of Alberta
• Member, Law Society of England and Wales

Bar Admission & Education

• Alberta, 2009
• England and Wales, 2000

• College of Law, York University, 1997
• LLB (with French), University of Leicester, 1996
• Diplôme d'études juridiques françaises, Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, 1995

• Duty counsel for pro bono Court shifts, Provincial Court and Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
• Volunteer lawyer, Volunteer Lawyers Service