Catherine Beagan Flood

Cathy is the co-Practice Group Leader of the Toronto Litigation group and also leads Blakes National Cybersecurity Working Group. Cathy has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in 20 appeals. Her national litigation practice has involved arguing before the trial courts of every province, in addition to appellate courts across Canada and a wide range of administrative and arbitration tribunals. She litigates complex commercial and regulatory cases and defends class actions with a regulatory component. In particular, she is currently defending clients in multiple privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions. Cathy has also represented the House of Commons before Commissions of Inquiry and has been counsel to and given evidence to provincial and federal legislative committees. · Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Cathy is Co-Practice Group Leader of the Toronto Litigation group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and leads the firm's National Cybersecurity Working Group. She maintains a national litigation practice—having appeared in 20 Supreme Court of Canada appeals—and litigates complex commercial and regulatory matters, including defending privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions; she has also represented the House of Commons before commissions of inquiry and acted as counsel to provincial and federal legislative committees.

Practice areas

LitigationCompetition & AntitrustPrivacyCybersecurityClass ActionsRegulatoryAdministrative Law

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Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP · Cathy is the co-Practice Group Leader of the Toronto Litigation group and also leads Blakes National Cybersecurity Working Group. Cathy has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in 20 appeals. Her national litigation practice has involved arguing before the trial courts of every province, in addition to appellate courts across Canada and a wide range of administrative and arbitration tribunals. She litigates complex commercial and regulatory cases and defends class actions with a regulatory component. In particular, she is currently defending clients in multiple privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions. Cathy has also represented the House of Commons before Commissions of Inquiry and has been counsel to and given evidence to provincial and federal legislative committees.

Canada

Expertise

Supreme Court of Canada appealsNational trial and appellate litigation across CanadaPrivacy class actionsAntitrust class actionsProduct liability class actionsConsumer protection class actionsRepresentation before commissions of inquiry and legislative committees

Education

LLM, Harvard Law School
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School
BA, University of Prince Edward Island