Roland-Yves Gagné
email: rygagne@gagnetob.com
ACADEMIC RECORD:
- Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) McGill University (Montreal)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) McGill University
- Licence en droit (LL.L) Université de Sherbrooke
- Certificates Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Hague Academy for International Law, Netherlands
- Diploma of College Studies (D.E.C. – Pure and Applied Sciences) (Collège André-Grasset, Montreal)
EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL RECORD:
- Partner – Gagné Toblewski since 1989
- Lawyer – Member of the Quebec Bar since 1981
- Accredited arbitrator by
- Canadian Centre of Commercial Arbitration (CCAC)
- Société pour la résolution des conflits (SORECONI)
- Accredited arbitrator under the Quebec Guarantee Plan for New Residential Buildings
- Legal expert (contractual) for the Technical Cooperation Bureau of a specialised agency of the UN in Laos, Rwanda, Botswana, Haiti, Djibouti, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, India, Swaziland, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
- Lecturer and Guest Speaker - Faculty of Law (Université de Montréal and McGill University); Bar School; Canadian Bar Association; Judges of Quebec Court (Continuing education) (in company, civil, transport law, and negotiations
- President of the Chamber of Commerce of a European country in Canada (1995-1999)
- Author in the field of air travel law
Aleksander Tobolewski
email: at@gagnetob.com
LANGUAGES:
Polish, English, French, Russian
ACADEMIC RECORD:
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) Warsaw University
- Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Warsaw University
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) McGill University (Montreal)
- Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) McGill University
- Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) McGill University
- Various courses in marketing, business administration, management, mediation, arbitration, etc.
EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL RECORD:
- Alternate Representative of the Republic of Poland on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization 2013 - 2014
- Partner - Gagné Tobolewski - since 1989
- Partner - Magdelénat Tobolewski Gagné - 13 years
- Lawyer - solo practice - 5 years
- Senior Researcher, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University (Montreal) 5 years
- Counsel - Central Administration of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport (Poland) 4 years
- Counsel - LOT Polish Airlines – 2 years
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Participated in:
- Conferences of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as Chief Delegate and Member of State Delegation (Five times)
- Conferences of International Air Transport Association - (IATA) four times
- Diplomatic Conference on Air Law (Montreal 1975)
- Bilateral and multilateral negotiations on Air Transport Agreements with i.a. Italy, Canada, former Yugoslavia, former USSR former East Germany, and others (as a member of the State Delegation)
Additional Experience:
- Director and the President of the Board of Directors of the Credit Union
- Director and President of various corporations
- Owner of Import-export and pharmaceutical companies
- Provided legal services to several international airlines
- Acted as a counsel in Jeddah Nationair Air Disaster
- International and national arbitration
- Family Mediator - Accredited in the Province of Québec
- Arbiter - Lewiatan Court of Arbitration - Poland
Selected Publications:
- Working Methods of ICAO Legal Committees and Diplomatic Conferences - Criticism and Proposals Air Law
- Against Limitations of Liability; A radical Proposal Annals of Air and Space Law
- Problemy rewizji miedzynarodowego prawa lotniczego International Affairs
- Special Drawing Rights (S.D.R.) in Liability Conventions; an Acceptable Solution? Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly also reprinted in UNIDROIT Uniform Law Review
- Limits of Liability in the present Economic Situation Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
- Monetary Limitations of Liability in Air Law - Legal, Economic and Socio-political Aspects De Daro Publishing, Montreal