Professional Background
Ms. Cornish is a partner at Singleton Urquhart, specializing in commercial, property and workplace disputes.
In addition to a litigation practice, Ms. Cornish is actively involved in both mediation and arbitration on behalf of her own clients and as a mediator/arbitrator retained by others.
Ms. Cornish has a broad range of experience in most types of commercial disputes including:
- insurers and claimants in bodily injury, errors and omissions and property claims.
- insurers, property owners, lessees, design professionals and others involved in construction, property and commercial leasing disputes;
- employers, contractors, and employees involved in employment, WCB, OHS, privacy and discrimination disputes;
In addition to the above, Ms. Cornish is also the supervising lawyer of the BC Human Rights Clinic, an adjunct professor at UBC, and a Justice of the Peace Adjudicator for the Provincial Court of BC.
Mediation
- Chartered Mediator, Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada;
- Registrant, BC Mediator Roster Society;
- Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute
Arbitration
- Chartered Arbitrator, Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada;
- Member, British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute;
- Arbitrator/Mediator, Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada;
- Appointee, Panel of Arbitrators, American Dispute Resolution Center;
Education
- Called to the British Columbia Bar: 1990
- BC Court of Appeal – Law Clerk to the Honourable Carrothers & Hinkson J.J.A.: 1988-1989
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Victoria: 1988
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Linguistics), University of Alberta: 1985
- Speech Pathology Licentiateship, University of Leeds: 1978
Avocations
Running, squash, skiing.
To view Ms. Cornish's availability, please see her calendar on ADR Web.