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Lauren J. Wihak
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306-359-0785
lwihak@mcdougallgauley.com
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Appellate Advocacy
Administrative Law
Municipal Law

Lauren J. Wihak's practice focuses on administrative and public law, civil litigation, and appeals. Lauren previously clerked at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Lauren has appeared before various trial courts, appeal courts in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Supreme Court of Canada. She is fluent in English and French.

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Lauren J. Wihak
Partner
Office
Regina
Contact
306-565-5106
306-359-0785
lwihak@mcdougallgauley.com
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Appellate Advocacy
Administrative Law
Municipal Law

Lauren J. Wihak's practice focuses on administrative and public law, civil litigation, and appeals. Lauren previously clerked at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Lauren has appeared before various trial courts, appeal courts in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Supreme Court of Canada. She is fluent in English and French.

Overview

Lauren J. Wihak joined McDougall Gauley LLP in 2017, after spending the first six years of her practice split between a Vancouver litigation boutique and a major national law firm in both Ottawa and Vancouver.

Prior to starting her career as a lawyer, Lauren had the privilege of clerking for the Honourable Mr. Justice Louis LeBel of the Supreme Court of Canada (2009-2010) and the Honourable Madam Justice Georgina R. Jackson of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (2008-2009).  Relying on the experiences and knowledge gained during the course of her two clerkships, Lauren’s civil litigation practice places an emphasis on public and administrative law, appellate litigation, and constitutional litigation.  In addition to a vast array of representative work helping clients in any number of civil litigation matters, Lauren also has considerable experience dealing with applications for leave to appeal and for intervener status, and with appeals (including appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada).

Lauren has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Manitoba Court of Appeal, and various trial courts throughout Canada including the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench.  She has also appeared before various administrative boards and tribunals.

Lauren is a sessional instructor at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, teaching Appellate Advocacy and Principles.  She is fully fluent in French.

Lauren is an active member of her profession.  She served for five years on the Canadian Bar Association’s Supreme Court of Canada Bench and Bar Committee, including for two years as its Chairperson.  She has also served on the CBA’s Legislation and Law Reform Committee.  Prior to moving home to Saskatchewan, Lauren served as the coach of the Thompson Rivers University Wilson Moot Team for five years.  The Wilson Moot is a national moot, which brings together law students from all across Canada and focuses on constitutional law.  She continues her support of the Wilson Moot by acting as a volunteer judge.

Lauren has authored several papers and articles, some of which have been cited by Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan.  She is the author of a legal blog entitled “The Admin Law Blog”, providing commentary and analysis of important and interesting administrative law decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada and other Canadian courts.  She has spoken and presented at numerous conferences and seminars on administrative law, across Canada.

Lauren received her Juris Doctor in 2008 from Queen’s University, where she was a member of the Dean’s List during each of her three years of study and was awarded the Dean’s Key at graduation.  Lauren also holds a degree in Communication and Psychology from the University of Ottawa, where she was awarded the Silver Medal.

Representative Work
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2021
Evidence needed to establish entitlement to a preservation order – appeal remedies

Yorkton (City) v Mi-Sask Industries Ltd., 2021 SKCA 43

2021
Procedural fairness obligations for employment decisions in education – administrative law remedies

Oberg v Saskatchewan (Board of Education of the South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209), 2021 SKCA 28

2020
Judicial review of demotion of high school principal in breach of procedural fairness

Oberg v Saskatchewan (Board of Education of the South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209), 2020 SKQB 96

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Achievements
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Bar Admission
  • British Columbia, 2011
  • Ontario, 2010
  • Saskatchewan, 2009
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Education
  • Juris Doctor, Queen's University, 2008
  • Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude), University of Ottawa, 2005
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Memberships & Associations
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Association des Juristes d’Expression Francaise de la Saskatchewan
  • Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan
  • Law Society Ontario
  • Regina Bar Association
  • Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association
  • The Advocates Society
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Languages
  • English
  • French
Insights
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June 17, 2021
Workplace Injury Benefits for First Responders Suffering from PTSD: A Look at Pierson v Estevan Board of Police Commissioners
Lauren J. Wihak
Case Comment
In the fall of 2016, the Saskatchewan Legislature amended the Workers Compensation Act to specifically allow Saskatchewan first responders – police officers, firefighters, paramedics, among others – to make claims for workplace injury benefits based on psychological injury.
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April 8, 2019
Left Behind Charter Rights under the New Impaired Driving Regime
Lauren J. Wihak
Reducing the carnage caused by impaired driving is something that we all can agree is a compelling, worthwhile, and noble government objective. However, the manner in which the government seeks to meet this objective must be constitutionally sound.
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March 13, 2019
Principled Limitations? or Just Path Dependency?
Lauren J. Wihak
Some Thoughts on the Issue of Evidence in Judicial Review, and Why We May Need to Wait a Little Longer for a Redux At CIAJ’s 2017 National Roundtable on Administrative Law in Vancouver, Ben Oliphant and I had the privilege of presenting our paper entitled “Evidentiary Rules in a Post-Dunsmuir World: Modernizing the Scope of Admissible Evidence on...
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Academic Publications
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2019
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University of Toronto Law Journal
“Dunsmuir and the scope of admissible evidence on judicial review: Principled limitations or path dependency?”
Lauren J. Wihak
2018
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Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice, Special Issue: A Decade of Dunsmuir
“The Withering of Correctness Review”
Lauren J. Wihak
2015
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Can J Admin Law & Prac
“Evidentiary rules in a post-Dunsmuir world: Modernizing the scope of admissible evidence on judicial review”
Lauren J. Wihak
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Speaking Events & Presentations
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2021 | Advocates Society, delivered online
“Abrametz v Law Society of Saskatchewan: Top Administrative and Regulatory Cases of 2020”
Presenter
2020 | University of Ottawa Public Law Centre, delivered online
“Vavilov: in Perspective,” Vavilov’s First Birthday, The implications of Vavilov for various areas of administrative decision making
Speaker
2020 | CIAJ National Roundtable on Administrative Law, delivered online
“Introduction: Towards a Unified Theory of Administrative Law?”
Speaker
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