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 135 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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Reminder to Employers: Strict Drafting Requirements for Incentive Plans
Calen Nixon & Alexander Ferwerda
Case Comment
An Alberta decision from earlier this year provides a useful reminder to employers: if an incentive plan is meant to cut off an employee’s right to damages for awards that would vest during the reasonable notice period, the wording must be drafted clearly. Case and Background In McElgunn v. Vermilion Energy Inc., 2026 ABKB 188, [ McElgunn] the...
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From Newspapers to the Digital Age: Saskatchewan’s New Defamation Act
Munir Abdulhadi
Article
Introduction On October 1, 2026, The Defamation Act, SS 2026, c 15 (the “ Act”) came into force in Saskatchewan. The Act repealed The Libel and Slander Act, RSS 1978, c L-14 (the “ Previous Act”), Saskatchewan’s longstanding legislation governing libel and slander. The Act represents a significant modernization of Saskatchewan’s defamation law...
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What Can Be Disclosed? Dealing with Employee Health Information in a Unionized Environment
Gordon D. Hamilton
Article
On October 7, 2026, the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) released Investigation Report 242-2025, addressing seven privacy complaints involving the City of Moose Jaw. Two of those complaints raise important questions about the disclosure of employee personal information in a unionized workplace. The first complaint arose from...
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