Our People

With over 90 legal professionals, we provide counsel with the skills and resources to deliver the widest range of legal services to our clients. Our lawyers are nationally and internationally recognized. In addition to being listed in Lexpert, Benchmark Canada, Best Lawyers and Chambers Global, McDougall Gauley has consistently been named one of the top five Prairie Regional Firms by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Lawyers
90+
With over 90 legal professionals, we provide counsel with the skills and resources to deliver the widest range of legal services to our clients.
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Practice Areas
40+
We service the legal needs of individuals, domestic and international institutions, insurance companies, business, government, and more.
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Awards & Recognitions
300+
We have received numerous awards and recognitions during our 133 years of service to our clients. Many of our lawyers are recognized by Lexpert and Best Lawyers in Canada.
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About McDougall Gauley

McDougall Gauley LLP is a Saskatchewan law firm with a diversified local, provincial, national, and international practice. Since 1891, McDougall Gauley has served the legal needs of domestic and international financial institutions, insurance companies, individuals in business, government, law and finance, as well as, local, national and multinational corporations.

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Go Rogue, Go Broke: Refining Corporate Responsibility in Insolvency: Aquino v Bondfield Construction Co., 2024 SCC 31 and Scott v Golden Oaks Enterprises Inc., 2024 SCC 32
Craig Frith & Paul Fedoroff
Case Comment
When corporate leaders go rogue, engaging in self-dealing or fraud, the legal question often arises: who bears the blame—the directors or the company they lead? In Canada, the “corporate attribution doctrine” helps answer this question. It allows the actions and intentions of a director to be attributed to the corporation in certain circumstances...
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A New Standard of Review for Challenges to the vires of Regulations: Auer v Auer, 2024 SCC 36
Gabrielle H. Robitaille
Case Comment
I. Introduction A recent case of the Supreme Court of Canada, Auer v Auer, 2024 SCC 36 [ Auer], 1 has changed the standard of review applicable to challenges of the vires, or jurisdiction, of regulations. Auer does away with the standard established by the Supreme Court in Katz Group Canada Inc. v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 [...
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New Amendments Tabled for The Saskatchewan Employment Act
Calen Nixon & Alyssa Phen
Article
On December 4, 2024, the Government of Saskatchewan tabled Bill No. 5, proposing amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act, SS 2013, c S-15.1 (the “ Act”), following consultations that the government conducted last year. These proposed amendments may require employers to change or adjust their practices. The labour and employment lawyers at...
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