Our People

With over 90 legal professionals, we provide counsel with the skills and resources to deliver the widest range of legal services to our clients. Our lawyers are nationally and internationally recognized. In addition to being listed in Lexpert, Benchmark Canada, Best Lawyers and Chambers Global, McDougall Gauley has consistently been named one of the top five Prairie Regional Firms by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Lawyers
90+
With over 90 legal professionals, we provide counsel with the skills and resources to deliver the widest range of legal services to our clients.
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Practice Areas
40+
We service the legal needs of individuals, domestic and international institutions, insurance companies, business, government, and more.
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Awards & Recognitions
300+
We have received numerous awards and recognitions during our 134 years of service to our clients. Many of our lawyers are recognized by Lexpert and Best Lawyers in Canada.
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About McDougall Gauley

McDougall Gauley LLP is a Saskatchewan law firm with a diversified local, provincial, national, and international practice. Since 1891, McDougall Gauley has served the legal needs of domestic and international financial institutions, insurance companies, individuals in business, government, law and finance, as well as, local, national and multinational corporations.

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Recent Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench decision reaffirms the broad application of the one-year limitation period for suing municipalities in Saskatchewan
Lauren J. Wihak, K.C. & Joy Brailean
In Canadian National Railway Company v Town of Edgeley and RM of South Qu’Appelle No. 157, 2025 SKKB 202 [ Edgeley], the Honourable Mr. Justice A.S. Davis ruled in favour of the municipality defendants, and struck the plaintiff’s claim in its entirety. In his decision, Justice Davis endorsed a broad interpretation of the limitation period in s. 344...
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When Conversation becomes a Contract: The Law of Oral Agreements in Dawgs Canada Distribution Ltd. v Smith, 2025 SKCA 81
Serena Saini
Case Comment
In the world of business, not every conversation between parties ends up with pen to paper. But can a conversation really amount to a binding contract? The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan in the case of Dawgs Canada Distribution Ltd. v Smith, 2025 SKCA 81 recently affirmed that, in certain situations, yes it can. The Background: A Verbal Deal to...
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Proposed Changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations
Nancy Hopkins, K.C., (Hon) CPA, ICD.D, F.ICD & Jonathan Shendruk
Article
Advances in crops in Saskatchewan have been huge over the past few decades. And more changes are coming. The Government of Canada has proposed amendments to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations (the “ Regulations”) in response to concerns about plant breeders’ rights (“ PBR”). These concerns include the scope of what can be protected, the length...
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