Heather Taskey
Associate

Outline
Overview
Heather has a general practice in commercial litigation and professional negligence, with a particular focus in complex commercial contractual and shareholder disputes.
Heather has appeared before the Alberta Court of Justice, Alberta Court of King’s Bench, and has assisted with matters before the Alberta Court of Appeal and various domestic arbitrations in Alberta and British Columbia.
Prior to becoming an associate, Heather summered and articled with the firm.
Client Work
The landlord in a successful claim for breach of lease against a tenant who had leased an entire 37 story office building and then vacated it with 12 years left on the lease, claiming that a minute amount of hazardous materials in building materials from decades earlier justified that decision. CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v 801 Seventh Inc, 2025 ABKB 145; 2023 ABCA 97 ; 2021 ABQB 861; 2021 ABQB 81
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Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- University of Alberta, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 2019 (First Class Honors)
- University of Calgary, Juris Doctor, 2022
Bar Admissions
- Alberta, 2023
- British Columbia, 2024