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    • Your Rights
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    • Glossary of Legal Terms
  • ABOUT LUKE

The law is complex and the stakes are high. You need skill and experience on your side.

 In the Yukon, the term “civil law” refers to any problem between private individuals or organizations. These conflicts are stressful because they can affect your money, property, reputation, business relationships, and peace of mind.  

Experience in civil disputes

 In 2020, Luke expanded his practice and started representing clients in civil disputes in the Yukon, after practicing exclusively as a criminal lawyer since 2010.  He spent the next 6 years working closely with one of the Yukon’s most experienced and respected civil lawyers handling all types of civil disputes involving individuals and organizations in the Supreme Court of Yukon. Luke learned that the Yukon commercial and political ecosystem gives rise to certain problems that can only be resolved with the help of a lawyer, due to the personalities involved, a badly-worded contract, or unforeseen events.    

straight talk. strategic action.

 When Luke’s help is sought for any Yukon civil dispute, he always works the case with one simple objective: retain or recover as much of his client’s lawful property or money as absolutely possible, with minimal legal expense, time and stress. 


His approach is straightforward: identify the legal issues, determine what matters most to you, and build and execute a strategy that accomplishes your goal. Your options and the legal process are always explained in plain language, so you can make decisions with confidence. 


Luke can represent you at any level of Court in the Yukon, and in front of any Yukon administrative tribunal.  If you are dealing with a civil dispute in Whitehorse or elsewhere in Yukon, get advice early. The sooner the issue is reviewed, the more options you may have. 


 Whitehorse Law offers a free 30-minute consultation. It may be that your problem has a straightforward solution that our lawyer can show you without incurring any legal fees at all.  

Whitehorse Law's Area of Expertise

 Please see the selection of Luke’s reported cases below, which demonstrate his skill and experience in Yukon civil disputes. He wants to put his skills and experience to work for you if you are dealing with any of the below issues: 

  • Breach of contract for goods or services
  • Disputes between business partners (oppressive conduct, minority shareholder rights, and other remedies under the Yukon’s Business Corporations Act)
  • Incompetent delivery of professional services (negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty) 
  • Personal Injury (you have suffered damage, loss, and injury because of the negligent actions of another) 
  • Property disputes (ownership, right of title, equitable interests)
  • Defamation (damaging words about you are being published or spoken) 
  • Debt collection (Supreme Court of Yukon; Yukon Small Claims Court) 
  • Landlord/tenant disputes (Yukon Residential Tenancies Office)

selection of reported cases

Defamation

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2025 YKSC 48 (link: https://canlii.ca/t/kds8m)

2025 YKSC 49 (link: https://canlii.ca/t/kds8n )

By summary judgment and default assessment of damages, Luke secured: orders for contempt; a permanent injunction; and damages totalling $175,000 against an individual who made damaging statements about individuals and an organization 


Property ownership

2025 YKSM 1 (Link: https://canlii.ca/t/k9jwt)

Luke successfully argued that a piece of disputed equipment belonged to his client in this trial. 


Class Action Personal injury

2023 YKSC 51 https://canlii.ca/t/k068g

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2023 YKSC 10 https://canlii.ca/t/jwbdc 

Luke was part of the legal team that successfully certified and settled a “class action” representative proceeding, brought on behalf of students who were physically abused in a Yukon school. 


Builder’s negligence/ fraudulent misrepresentation

2023 YKSC 25 https://canlii.ca/t/jxrfx 

2026 YKSC 8 https://canlii.ca/t/kj6hp 

Luke represented the original builder of a home that was involved in a large complex lawsuit brought by people who bought the home many years after it was built, including a successful application for summary trial. 


Business Corportations Act

2025 YKSC 42 https://canlii.ca/t/kd8lq

We successfully argued against the Judge ordering that a corporation should be dissolved before the partners had received full financial information from each other.   


Personal Injury/ Discrimination/ Workplace Injury 

2025 YKSC 57 https://canlii.ca/t/kjgkp

Luke successfully argued that large portions of the Plaintiff’s claim against his client in a personal injury and discrimination case should be dismissed without the need for trial.

All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation governs at a given moment is a function of power, not truth


Freidrich Nietzsche

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