Kaila Eadie (she/her/hers)

Kaila Eadie is an Associate at JSS Barristers. Her practice spans most areas of civil litigation, with a focus on corporate & commercial disputes, employment matters, professional negligence claims, and insolvency & restructuring. She has appeared before every level of the Alberta courts and has successfully represented clients at trial and on appeal.

Kaila joined JSS Barristers as an Articling Student in 2016 and was called to the Alberta Bar in 2017. In addition to regularly representing clients before both the Alberta Court of King’s Bench and Provincial Court, she acts for clients in domestic and international commercial arbitrations, and before administrative tribunals, including the Alberta Securities Commission and the Social Security Tribunal of Canada.

Kaila is skilled in file and document management in complex cases involving hundreds of thousands of documents. She has extensive experience using e-discovery technology to conduct analysis and deliver results on tight timelines.

Education

Kaila obtained her JD from the University of Alberta, with distinction, in 2016. While in law school, Kaila worked as a research assistant for Professor Bruce Ziff, while also competing nationally in the University of Alberta's Competitive Moot Program. Kaila also worked as a summer student at the Edmonton Community Legal Centre, where she honed her advocacy skills by assisting clients with employment, landlord/tenant and social benefit issues at Provincial Court, as well as before administrative tribunals.

Prior to law school, Kaila obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. At Queen’s, Kaila was active in the arts community, where she sat on the Executive Committee for the Exposure Arts Festival and wrote and edited short films as part of the Queen's University Focus Film Festival.

Representative Cases

Parent, Executor of the Estate of Beverly Erickson v Axsen, 2024 ABKB 10

Parent, Executor of the Estate of Beverly Erickson v Axsen, 2024 ABKB 69

Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. v Engen, 2023 ABCA 85

OmniArch Capital Corporation v Bishop, 2020 ABCA 472 

OmniArch Capital Corporation v Bishop, 2020 ABQB 102

Pacer Holdings Construction Corporation v Pelletier, 2020 ABCA 379

Agar Corporation v Lee, 2019 ABQB 886

Community

Kaila is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, the Advocates' Society and the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. She is an active volunteer with Calgary Legal Guidance, Pro Bono Law Alberta and the Women’s Centre of Calgary.

Personal

In her spare time, Kaila enjoys watercolour and acrylic painting, and spending time in the mountains.

Publications

"The Maple Leaf Foods Decision (or "The Judgement to Sink the Sub)"

The Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2021, The Honourable Mr. Justice Todd L. Archibald, ed. - 2021
Co-Author (with Carsten Jensen QC, FCIArb; Laura Warner & Dan Mills)

"Rabobank International v. Stout & Company: Auditors' Negligence Claims Remain Challenging Post-Livent"

The Advocates' Quarterly, Vol. 51, 2020
Co-Author (with Carsten Jensen QC, FCIArb & Laura Warner)

"Contractual Interpretations and the 'Surrounding Circumstances' - Six Years After Sattva"
JSSBarristers.ca, June 9, 2020
Co-Author (with Ryan Phillips)

"Vanquisher or Vanquished? Insolvency Law's Power to End Contracts"
JSSBarristers.ca, May 14, 2020
Co-Author (with Christa Nicholson)

"Are Contracts Enforceable Despite COVID-19? [Part 7]: Contract Law Meets Insolvency Law - Some Strategic Considerations"

JSSBarristers.ca, May 14, 2020
Co-Author (with Christa Nicholson)

"Are Contracts Enforceable Despite COVID-19? [Part 6]: The Principles of Causation"

JSSBarristers.ca, May 7, 2020
Co-Author (with Geoffrey Boddy)

"Tort Liability in a COVID World, Part 3: Government Oversight of the Cargill Beef Plant"

JSSBarristers.ca, May 5, 2020
Co-Author (with Laura Warner)

"Are Contracts Enforceable Despite COVID-19? [Part 3]: Interpreting Force Majeure Clauses"

JSSBarristers.ca, April 16, 2020
Co-Author (with Bryan C. Duguid QC, FCIArb)

"Tort Liability in a COVID World, Part 1: The Principles of Negligence in a COVID World"

JSSBarristers.ca, April 7, 2020
Co-Author (with Laura Warner & Sarah Bernamoff)

Speaking Engagements

Co-Presenter (with Andrew Wilson)
"Managing Civil Litigation Matters During COVID-19", Legal Education Society of Alberta, (Webinar), May 12, 2020

Co-Presenter (with Christa Nicholson)
"SCC Redwater Decision - what you need to know", Wake Up with JSS Barristers - Speaker Series, March 7, 2019