In the Media

Calgary lawyer takes on Purdue Pharma to collect opioid related costs for Canadian cities

Mathew Farrell with Guardian Law Group says the damage from the opioid crisis didn’t stop at the Canadian border (CBC)

(Aug 3 2021)

Midfield lawyer unsuccessful in certification of class action lawsuit against City of Calgary

Mathew Farrell barrister and solicitor at Guardian Law Group talked to Danielle Smith on News Talk 770 after a failed attempt in court…

Oct 20, 2017

Hearing held as part of class-action lawsuit filed against Cargill meat-packing plant

Mathew Farrell, a lawyer at Guardian Law Group representing the plaintiff told CBC News prior to the hearing that workers families…

Jan 13 2022

Historical sexual abuse of children on Canadian military bases result in lawsuit against federal government.

Mathew Farrell is the lawyer filing the claim. “some of the worst things that can happen to a person happened to these people and nobody has…

Class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of passengers in fatal ice field bus crash

Guardian Law Group lawyer Matthew Farrell told CTV News Edmonton… According to Farrell, if Ernest won the lawsuit, other passengers…

Aug 25, 2020

Alleged racism against federal departments’ First Nations staff sparks class-action suit

… Indigenous peoples have experienced at the hands of the federal government,” said Guardian Law Group lawyer and partner Mathew Farrell

Sept 14 2021

Profit and long-term care in Alberta

Mathew Farrell of Guardian Law is representing the plaintiffs in the AgeCare suit. He is also leading a constitutional challenge against…

Apr 2, 2022

Assaulted ‘almost every day’ says former student as 20 more detail teacher Michael Gregory’s alleged abuse

when the claim was first filed in November by lawyers Jonathan Denis and Mathew Farrell, there were three named plaintiffs

Jan 21, 2022

Midfield Mobile Home Park evictions delayed by court order

Mathew Farrell, with the Guardian Law Group, is taking the park residents’ case to court, saying the city’s reasons for evicting the…

Sep 25, 2017

Alberta farmers file what may be first class action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases

It’s a pretty clear contract,” said lawyer Matthew Farrell, who is representing Reinhold and Thyra Kautz of Strathmore, Alta…

Nov 11 2020

Wife of teacher who lost job after admitting to abusing students says she was unaware: court doc

Mathew Farrell and Jonathan Denis, lawyers for the plaintiffs, say they’ve heard from more alleged victims since the lawsuit was launched in…

Jan 6, 2022

Alberta legislation would shield continuing-care operators from COVID-19 lawsuits

Farrell, the lawyer for the McKenzie Towne lawsuit, is also involved in the class action against Cargill. He said that part of the Bill…

Apr 22 2021

Calgary Board of Education says it’s not responsible for abusive teacher, asks judge to dismiss lawsuit

On Monday, lawyer Jonathan Denis confirmed that he’d been served the CBE’s … Denis and co-counsel Mathew Farrell said in a written statement…

Dec 20 2021

‘Worst part of my life’: 20 more former students of Michael Gregory file statements alleging sexual abuse

None of the allegations have been proven in court. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN ALLEGED VICTIMES AND COUNTING. Lawyers Jonathan Denis and Mathew Farrell…

Jan 20, 2022

Company at centre of door-to-door sales complaint in Winnipeg faces class action lawsuit in Calgary

Ron Mykytyshyn and his lawyer Mathew Farrell look over documents. Mykytyshyn is the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action lawsuit…

Apr 18 2019

Visitors to some long-term care centres subject to COVID-19 waiver before seeing loved ones

The waiver was drafted by lawyers for the Alberta Continuing Care… Calgary lawyer Mathew Farrell with Guardian Law said that at first…

Aug 24, 2020

Airdrie man mistaken for being drunk who suffered stroke launches $6M lawsuit against RCMP

Ruel’s lawyer, Mathew Farrell with Guardian Law Group says he isn’t sure why police didn’t check on his client sooner.

Feb 19, 2020

A Monster in the Classroom

Their abuser loomed as they pursued careers in law, cosmetology… Mathew Farrell, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, says the…

Nov 15, 2022

RCMP mistakes stroke victim for drunk, leaving him half-paralyzed in jail cell for hours, lawsuit says

Lawyer Mathew Farrell is representing Ruel in his lawsuit. He says if the RCMP had been watching his client, they’d have realized something…

Feb 17, 2020

Lawsuit claims Calgary restaurant’s negligence of COVID-19 protocols led to outbreak

… Guardian Law Group LLP said staff at the restaurant didn’t follow… Joey Tomato’s corporation and according to lawyer Mathew Farrell

Apr 16 2021

Warning issued on oil lease class action suit

However, lawyer Mathew Farrell of Guardian Law Group in Calgary said class action lawsuits are an effective way to hold companies to account…

Dec 10, 2020

Residents of Airdrie condo that had fatal CO leak file $16M class-action lawsuit

… Said Mathew Farrell, a lawyer with Guardian Law Group in Calgary, … Farrell said condo owners and management companies have a lot of…

May 8, 2019

Indigenous public servants pursue class action lawsuit

The pair are represented by lawyer Mathew Farrell of Guardian Law Group LLP. Ms Zentner is a member of the Siksika Nation in Alberta and…

Sep 29, 2021

Alberta covered $20 million in unpaid land rent for oil and gas operators in 2020

Mathew Farrell is a lawyer with the Calgary-based Guardian Law Group, representing landowners seeking to be compensated by companies for…

Mar 11, 2021

Calgary trailer park residents take the city to court over eviction notices

Lawyer Matthew Farrell has filed a class-action lawsuit for residents at Midfield Mobile Home Park, three years after the city informed them…

Nov 7, 2017

Tenants sue former landlords for allegedly putting irrigation water into their drinking source

The Hayes’ lawyer says he has a copy of that provincial lab test and … not acceptable,” said Mathew Farrell, legal counsel for the Hayes.

Sep 9 2019

Alta. farmers take legal action on oil leases

… says lawyer Mathew Farrell of Guardian Law Group in Calgary. … Farrell says farmers are in effect taking the risk during the bad times…

Nov 19, 2020

Lawsuit filed against Calgary homebuilder alleges mould contributed to 24 year-old’s death

The lawsuit was filed by Guardian Law Group LLP on Nov. … to standards and it doesn’t hurt people,” lawyer Mathew Farrell told CTV News.

Feb 6, 2020

One year later: Evicted Midfield park residents feel like victims of ‘politics and the almighty dollar’

In 2017, lawyer Mathew Farrell was hired by some residents to try to … Farrell said the city has begun an area redevelopment plan pilot. …

Feb 19 2019

Midfield Mobile Home Park residents given eviction notice say they have been discriminated against

Lawyers representing less than a dozen residents who remain at the … Matthew Farrell is representing Prediger and the other residents in …

Nov 7, 2017

Bernard Callebaut appears in court again; mother pays outstanding fines on his behalf

In a Calgary courtroom Wednesday, Callebaut’s lawyer, Mathew Farrell, told Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Barbara Romaine that his client…

Feb 25, 2015

‘He lost 30 pounds’: Clagary man accuses care home of neglect leading up to his father’s death

“So there are going to be some extreme cases where the bill won’t block us from holding people to account, but aside from those rare instances, it blocks accountability, that’s all it does. …” said Farrell

Danielle Smith: Humbodt GoFundMe litigation tests donors’ patience

Guardian Law lawyer Mathew Farrell helped walk through some of the legal issues they will now have to deal with

Aug 15, 2018

Indian Day school abuse survivors to receive up to $200,000 each

LISTEN: Mathew Farrell and Roger Linka join Danielle Smith to discuss the lawsuit surrounding the day schools…

Mar 12, 2019

Calgary - Midfield Mobile Home Park decision set for next month

Lawyer Mathew Farrell argued the city’s reasons for evicting residents of Midfield Mobile Home Park were not legal (CBC).

Nov 22, 2017

‘Calgary doesn’t want us’ says couple after judge rules residents of Midfield Mobile Home Park must leave

Residents have lost thier court battle and must be out of their homes by February 19, 2018.

Dec 8, 2017

Midfield trailer park battle goes to court, ruling Dec 8

Current and former residents of a city mobile home park packed a downtown Calgary courtroom…

Nov 23, 2017