C.G. Reedman

Cody G. Reedman is an accomplished bankruptcy, insolvency, and litigation lawyer. After articling with senior bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Murray K. Morrison at Morrison & Co. Law Corporation, he has built a practice that combines litigation experience with practical business solutions for clients facing financial challenges or complex disputes.
 

Cody has achieved notable success at Canada's highest court, appearing as lead counsel in a landmark case at the intersection of securities and bankruptcy law. In Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28, a precedent-setting Supreme Court of Canada decision addressing whether administrative monetary penalties and disgorgement orders survive a discharge from bankruptcy. He currently serves as appellant counsel in Piekut v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of National Revenue, another Supreme Court of Canada matter that will resolve important statutory interpretation issues regarding the automatic discharge of government student loans in bankruptcy.

While Cody regularly handles complex commercial matters and precedent-setting cases, he routinely assists bankrupts seeking their discharge from bankruptcy, having achieved exceptional results in both opposed and unopposed discharge applications. This expertise in personal bankruptcy matters continues alongside his growing commercial practice, where he and his team at Reedman Law assist businesses and professionals with sophisticated insolvency issues, restructuring, and complex litigation. His deep understanding of insolvency law, from routine consumer proposals to precedent-setting appeals, allows him to offer sophisticated legal solutions while remaining accessible to clients and referring professionals across British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon.
 

Personal and Consumer Bankruptcy

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In personal bankruptcy matters, Cody has substantial experience with:
 

• Bringing or contesting bankruptcy discharge applications

• Tax-driven bankruptcies

• Prosecuting or defending fraud claims in bankruptcy proceedings

• Reviving annulled consumer or defaulted Division I proposals

• Acting as co-counsel on family law and bankruptcy proceedings

• Student loan hardship applications

• Obtaining court approval leave to make additional consumer proposals

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Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy
 

In commercial matters, Cody advises various stakeholders on on:
 

• Workouts and restructuring options

• Negotiating forbearance agreements

• Division I proposals and CCAAs proceedings

• Representing debtors, creditors and others in security enforcement, foreclosure, receivership, bankruptcy and related litigation

• Bringing or defending receivership applications or for bankruptcy orders

• Advising on the purchase of distressed assets

 

Commercial and Business Litigation
 

Cody uses business acumen and creativity to assist clients in complex litigation or negotiations involving:
 

• Breach of contract

• Buy-sell disputes

• Civil fraud and asset recovery

• Construction litigation and builders' liens

• Debtor-creditor matter

• Director and Officer Liability

• Legal Profession Act reviews of lawyer's accounts (taxations) and retainer agreements

• Security enforcement and foreclosure matters

• Securities and enforcement 

• Shareholder disputes and oppression actions

• Responding to regulators and enforcement action 

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He has a particular interest in cross-border insolvency and enforcement of foreign judgments, including offshore matters. 

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Estates & Trusts
 

Cody has a growing but robust estate litigation practice. He acts in estate administration and litigation matters including wills variation, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims, passing of accounts, executive disputes and trust litigation and insolvent estates. 
 

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