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Geoffrey E. Budden, QC has practiced law since 1989 and received his Queen’s Counsel designation in 2022. He has represented and obtained financial compensation for hundreds of men and women who, as children, were subjected to sexual abuse by faith leaders, teachers, social workers, volunteer leaders or family members. He is a member of the Law Societies of Newfoundland and Labrador and of the Territory of Nunavut, and has appeared before Courts and in quasi-judicial proceedings elsewhere in Canada.
Geoff has successfully led complex litigation against powerful institutions. For many years, he has represented former residents who are survivors of abuse at the notorious Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, NL, including as part of the international legal team that obtained $16.5 million in compensation from the Christian Brothers of Ireland. He was also lead counsel in the action against the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s that saw multimillion dollar judgments against that institution for Mount Cashel-related abuse and is Co-Representative Counsel for claimants in its present insolvency.
Another practice area of great interest to Geoff is representing parties before public inquiries. He appeared as counsel for the child of a murder victim before the Lamer Commission of Inquiry (into certain wrongful convictions) and represented a public advocacy group before the Commission of Inquiry into the Muskrat Falls Project. In 2021, he was commission counsel to the Public Inquiry Respecting Ground Search and Rescue for Lost and Missing Persons.
He also has a general litigation and advocacy practice, and takes pride in taking on unique and challenging cases. One such case is that of journalist Justin Brake, for whom Geoff mounted successful defences in criminal and civil proceedings arising out of Brake’s reporting on the Muskrat Falls Project.
Geoff lives in St. John’s and has volunteered with many community groups, including the Newfoundland-Labrador Human Rights Association, the Avalon East School Board, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre. He is a writer whose poetry has been published in Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
5 Hallett Crescent Unit 4, 2nd floor, St. John’s, NL A1B 4C4, Canada
709 576 0077
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
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Year 7 Community Leader and Leader for Learning Technologies and Platforms at Northern Beaches Christian School
Master of Business Administration, 2017–2019
2021
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1988
1989
2004
2014
2022
Geoffrey E. Budden, QC
Partner
Budden & Associates
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Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
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Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
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1988
1989
2004
2014
2022
Geoffrey E. Budden, QC
Partner
Budden & Associates
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2014
2004
1989
1988
2022
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Appointed Queen’s Counsel (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Recognized as one of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers
2022
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2014
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Founded Budden & Associates Law Office
2014
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2004
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Called to the Bar of Nunavut
2004
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1989
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Called to the Bar of Newfoundland and Labrador
1989
2009–2011
1988
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Graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School
1988
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Milestones
2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
2022
Excellence awardee – Independent Mortgage Adviser of the Year category at the New Zealand Mortgage Awards
2022
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2022
2020–present
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
2022
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2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
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