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Edward Allan (Ted) Ayers Q.C.
February 16, 1946 - May 11, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">Passed away peacefully, with his family and close friend Carol Cooper by his side on May 11th, 2015. Cherished husband of Annette. Beloved father of Lindsay and Stuart (Ashley). Loving grandfather of Sebastian and Smith. Dear brother of Sharon (Bob). Uncle of Deanna (Shannon) and Chris (Karen). He will be greatly missed by his step daughter Toby and her children Hana and Leah, his mother in law Marie, brother in laws Kenneth (Rhonda), Allan (Pierina) and their children Richie and Max. He will be missed by many friends and colleagues. <br /> <br />Ted joined the firm as an articling student in 1969 after graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario. He quickly distinguished himself as a litigator practising in a variety of areas under the tutelage of Bill Somerville, David Britnell, George Cihra, John Holding and Ken Scott. He became a partner in the firm in 1977 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984. He served on the Executive Committee of Borden &amp; Elliot throughout the 1990's. He was instrumental in the negotiations leading to the merger which created Borden Ladner Gervais in 2000. He regularly appeared in all levels of Courts, winning his last trial in the Ontario Superior Court in 2013, the year he retired from the firm after more than 40 years of practice. <br /> <br /> The son of an O.P.P. Superintendent, Ted developed a leading municipal liability practice and was widely regarded as a leading, if not the leading, practitioner in the area in the Province. He was a formal and informal mentor to generations of past and current members of BLG, always selfless with his time and available to assist and consult on a moment&rsquo;s notice. There are legions of stories of how Ted was able, with calm judgement and good sense, to make large problems seem small, intractable issues manageable and seeming catastrophes minor hiccups. As John Hylton put it at Ted's retirement dinner Ted was a &quot;lawyer's lawyer&quot;. <br /> <br />In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. <br /></div>