Where is pater allard

In , his parents separated and his mother, with her four children, moved to Vancouver. He and his twin brother were also active in the Boy Scouts. Meanwhile Dr. Allard, in addition to a full time surgeon's role, became involved in finance and business. Among his interests were the oil sands, methanol, petroleum development, radio, television, car dealerships, sports franchises the Edmonton Oilers , jet aviation, construction, land development, insurance, trust companies, and banking the Bank of Alberta, which later merged with the Canadian Western Bank.

Peter attended law school at UBC from Allard had wanted both Peter and his twin brother to work in Edmonton, for law firms that he did business with, but in the end, Chuck returned to Edmonton while Peter stayed in Vancouver and articled and practiced for the Law Firm of Barbeau, McKercher, Collingwood, and Hanna, with Jacques Barbeau as his mentor.

He had two partners, and several other lawyers and articling students from time to time, and headed the firm for twenty years. He recalls the dedicated and incredible help of many top-notch secretaries and administrators over those years, especially Phyllis Glassock for the first five years and then the outstanding service of his assistant and friend, Dennie Flynn. Following his father's death in , Peter started the Highbury Foundation.

In , Mr. Allard School of Law. UBC has argued that those degrees are conferred by the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies, not the law school, and therefore are excluded from the agreement. Allard and his lawyers have tried to get this changed and are now pursuing UBC through the courts. An arbitrator sided with UBC this year, saying that university officials did not address the question of graduate degrees during the negotiations over Mr.

Now Mr. Allard has filed a petition in B. Allard School of Law and not otherwise. In the petition, Allard and the Allard Prize Foundation ask whether Wittman made several legal errors, including by failing to interpret the reference to degree certificates in the context of the agreement as a whole.

Neither Allard, who graduated from UBC law in and practiced law until , nor his lawyer could be reached for comment. The university will submit its response to the application for leave to appeal in due course.

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