Overview

Providing legal services through a professional corporation.
Working with clients including government, utilities and owner managed businesses, some of the ways Spencer has helped his clients with challenging legal situations are by:
Representing a provincial government at the Supreme Court of Canada on a significant constitutional law case.
Representing an electric company in the negotiation and implementation of an energy accord.
Acting on behalf of the builders of a large bridge on matters pertaining to its construction.
Representing a large client in the successful resolution of long-standing discrimination claims.
Defending an insurance company in a precedent-setting insurance claim before the Federal Court of Appeal.
Regional Managing Partner, Stewart McKelvey, Prince Edward Island, 2011 – 2017
Chair, Charlottetown Arts and Culture Advisory Board, 2014
Provincial Fundraising Chair, Liberal Party of Canada, 2013
Member, Business Development Committee, Stewart McKelvey, 2008 – 2009
Director, Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce, 2009
Best Lawyers: Energy Regulatory Law, 2012 – 2026
Lexpert rating: Energy (Oil & Gas), 2018 – 2021
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Commercial Insurance, 2018 – 2021
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Corporate Commercial, 2016 – 2021, 2023 – 2026
Lexpert rating: Energy (Electricity), 2019, 2026
Co-author, D. Spencer Campbell & Chris Montigny, “Psychological Harm and Tort Law: Reassessing the Legal Test for Liability” in Hon. Todd Archibald & Michael Cochrane, eds. Annual Review of Civil Litigation (2003) Toronto, Thompson Carswell, 2003. Recently cited by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Healey v. Lakeridge Health Corporation, 2011 ONCA 55.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Health Law
• Class Action Plaintiff
• Insurance Law
• Construction Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1992 (PE); 2012 (PE)