Ivan Holloway specializes in construction law, construction litigation, and corporate commercial litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Ivan was the chair of the Construction Law Practice Group and a partner at a large Winnipeg-based firm.  Ivan was also a partner at a Winnipeg-based litigation boutique firm. 

Ivan has significant trial and appellate advocacy experience. Ivan has represented clients in the superior courts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Ivan has argued cases in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, the Manitoba Court of Appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal. Ivan also successfully defended a Leave Application at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Cases of Note :

The following cases are some representative reported decisions in which Ivan acted as lead counsel:

•   ADJ Livestock Ltd. V. 4486413 Manitoba Ltd. 2010 CarswellMan 301
•   Capital Sewer Services Inc. v. Saskatoon (City) 2010 CarswellSask 5
•   DVJ Inc. v. Mercor Management Inc. 2011 CarswellMan 516
•   Stecyk v. Smysniuk, Alroy Oilfield Construction Inc. et al. 2013 CarswellSask 423
•   Smysniuk, Alroy Oilfield Construction Inc. et al. v. Stecyk 2013 CarswellSask 723
•   Smysniuk, Alroy Oilfield Construction Inc. et al. v. Stecyk 2015 CarswellSask 285
•   Glenwood Label & Box Mfg. Ltd. v. Brunswick Label Systems Inc., 2017 MBQB 177 (CanLII) — 2017-10-13

Community Activities

Member of Board of Directors and Board Secretary, Frontier Centre for Public Policy

Personal Interests and Hobbies

Ivan is an experienced wilderness canoeist and back-country traveler. He has canoed the Grass, Manigotogan, Bloodvein, Churchill, Hayes, Black, Wind, Berens, Ponask, Stull, and portions of the God’s and Red Sucker rivers. On these adventures, Ivan has taunted fate, cheated death and lived to tell the tales in a more exaggerated manner each time.  Among many other mildly interesting experiences, Ivan has survived “widow-maker” rapids; engaged in mortal combat with a bear; feasted under the Midnight Sun; and downed fist-fulls of fire water beneath the Northern Lights.

Presentations

Tips For Sub-Contractors to Insure Prompt Payment on Construction Contracts was presented to the Manitoba Sub-Contractors Association by Ivan Holloway and Chad Penner on March 22, 2018.

Download: Presentation to the Manitoba Sub-Contractors Association (PDF)

An Overview Of Extraordinary Remedies in Civil Litigation was presented to the Manitoba Bar Association by Ivan Holloway and Kevin Toyne (Hill Sokalski Walsh Olson LLP) on May 19, 2017 in Winnipeg and to the in-house legal department of a major international company by Ivan Holloway on June 20, 2017 in Calgary.

Download: An Overview Of Extraordinary Remedies (PDF)