Kate Boyle
Kate represents plaintiffs in provincial and national class actions involving institutional abuse, privacy breaches, aviation accidents, the COVID-19 response in long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical and product liability, sexual misconduct and discrimination, contaminated medical marijuana, and environmental contamination and catastrophes.
She has experience in complex litigation, appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, superior and appellate courts in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Courts of King’s Bench in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.
Kate is part of the counsel group at Wagners appointed by the CCAA Court to represent victims of tobacco-related harm across Canada in the largest and most complex CCAA proceedings in Canadian history. This landmark restructuring resulted in an unprecedented settlement, securing compensation for victims and allocating $1 billion toward improving outcomes for tobacco-related diseases. Additionally, Kate has represented seriously injured victims of medical negligence throughout the Maritimes and has experience as trial counsel in birth trauma jury cases before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Her legal journey began with a clerkship for the Honourable Justice Michael Manson of the Federal Court of Canada. She is dually admitted to the Bars of Ontario and Nova Scotia (2016) and is a member of several professional organizations. In 2025, she was recognized as a Leading Lawyer to Watch in class actions by the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Kate has volunteered with refugee and ESL organizations, providing legal support, Spanish translation services, and language lessons to new Canadians. During her time at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, she served as a Peer Mentor and Tutor, was on the Dean’s List, and received several accolades, including a Schulich Scholarship for academic merit and community involvement and a Schulich Internship Grant. She also served as a student clerk at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and worked as a research assistant to various professors.
Kate takes pride in working on class actions that promote meaningful change and provide access to justice for individuals affected by systemic and widespread wrongdoing. She views restorative justice as an important and underutilized tool in the class action sphere to address certain types of harms in a more holistic and impactful way. She is committed to advancing cases that not only secure remedies for her clients, but which also drive broader societal change.
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2016
- Nova Scotia, 2016
Professional Memberships
- Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- Law Society of Ontario
- Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
Professional Qualifications
Juris Doctor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 2015
- Dean’s List, 2013-2015
- Student Clerkship Program, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, 2014
- Schulich Internship Grant Recipient, 2013
- Schulich Scholarship for Academic Merit and Community Involvement, 2012
Bachelor of Science, Double-Major in Neuroscience and Spanish, Dalhousie University, 2010
- Dean’s List, 2006-2010
- Graduated with recognition of distinction
Publications
- Kate Boyle and Nicholas Hooper, “The Unworkability of the Workable Metholodgy Standard” The Canadian Class Action Review, Vol 16, No. 2, 2020-2021.
- Kate Boyle, “Advantages of Class Actions for Historical Sexual Abuse Cases” The Lawyer’s Daily, LexisNexis Canada, May 5, 2020
