Melissa Boyles

Melissa is a litigation partner at Prowse Chowne LLP with a focus on disputes regarding privacy, civil sexual assaults, employment, expropriation, administrative matters, and corporate and commercial issues. She believes in taking a realistic approach to assist her clients with litigation matters through risk analysis and strategy, with a mindset towards the best possible outcome. Melissa assisted lead counsel Philip Prowse on the groundbreaking decision in ES v Shillington, which established a new privacy tort in Alberta: the public disclosure of private facts. In a follow up to the decision she was lead counsel in obtaining substantial damages for a victim of revenge-porn in Grummett v Warholik. Melissa was also lead counsel in a decision where she successfully defended against the recognition of an independent tort of family violence in Alberta: Colenutt v Colenutt.