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former scc justice roy kellock ; former ontario court of appeal justices john arnup who was also a treasurer of the law society of upper canada james carthy and allan mcniece austin ; canadian supreme court justice thomas cromwell canadian jurist ; and ontario superior court justices joan lax and paul perell . in 1966 the firm prevailed in leitch gold mines v. texas gulf a dispute over vast mineral wealth . at the time it was the longest civil trial in commonwealth history . 6 the firm s corporate practice represented the t. eaton company in 1920 to develop what was then the largest department store in canada beginning a long relationship with the company that lead the firm in 1965 to act on its behalf to assemble the land for the eaton centre in toronto the largest urban redevelopment project in canada at the time . in 2003 derry millar of the firm was appointed lead counsel 7 in the ipperwash inquiry concerning the events surrounding the death of dudley george who died in 1995 during a first nations protest at ipperwash provincial park see ipperwash crisis . in 2009 the firm was criticized by a judge for spending excessive time when acting for the ontario government in a case involving allegations of corruption at ontario s real estate arm . 8 the current executive partner and previous managing partner of weirfoulds lisa borsook was one of the few women managing partners of any of canada s major law firms . 9 notable members and alumni edit derry millar lsuc treasurer 2008 2010 see list of treasurers of the law society of upper canada john arnup 1970 1985 court of appeal lsuc treasurer 1963 1966 see list of treasurers of the law society of upper canada 10 thomas cromwell 1997 appointed to nova scotia court of appeal 2008 appointed to the supreme court of canada george alexander gale 1946 1963 high court of justice 1963 1964 court of appeal 1964 1967 chief justice of high court of justice 1967 1976 chief justice of ontario 10 roy kellock 1942 1944 court of appeal 1944 1958 supreme court of canada 10 references edit global reach regional focus . canadian lawyer . retrieved 20 march 2015 . bruce bell 2009 05 16 . the bulletin is downtown toronto s best read community newspaper . thebulletin.ca . retrieved 2011 11 27 . city of toronto directory 1870 spencer & macdonald partnership formed former judges of ontario courts . ontariocourts.on.ca . retrieved 2012 02 09 . former judges of ontario courts . ontariocourts.on.ca . retrieved 2012 02 09 . leitch gold mines limited v. texas gulf sulphur company . www.worldcat.org . retrieved 2012 02 09 . the ipperwash inquiry commission counsel . attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca . retrieved 2012 03 07 . law firm bills ontario up to 850 hour . toronto star . 17 feb 2009 . retrieved march 20 2015 . jim middlemiss 2007 04 01 . managing partner managing success . canadian lawyer magazine . retrieved 2012 02 09 . a b c former judges . ontariocourts.on.ca . retrieved 2011 11 27 . external links edit weirfoulds.com canadian lawyer magazine from good to great ontario s mid size business firms are thriving canadian lawyer magazine lisa borsook managing success retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weirfoulds llp & oldid 680108907 categories law firms of canadacompanies based in torontolaw firms established in 18601860 establishments in canadahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from january 2012articles with topics of unclear notability from november 2011all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2015 at 19 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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