Katherine Wellburn is a senior lawyer practicing in the areas of insolvency, commercial litigation, fees and costs.

From 1993 to 2000, she was a Registrar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a Registrar in Bankruptcy, conducting bankruptcy hearings, assessments of costs, passing of accounts for estates of deceased persons and reviews of legal fees.  After leaving the Court, she honed her skills in the Banking and Insolvency group at Campney & Murphy and then in the Commercial Litigation Group at Harper Grey LLP.

Katherine is the author of the chapter on Bankruptcy Remedies in the British Columbia Creditors’ Remedies Guide and the Chapter on Reviews of Legal Fees in Practice Before the Registrar.  She is a regular speaker at the annual forum for the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Practitioners.

She was recently a speaker on the topic of student loans and bankruptcy at the Canadian Bar Association Pan Insolvency Conference in Quebec City.  See link below to read her paper, An Education in Debt: Student Loans and Bankruptcy.

Katherine acts for both creditors and debtors and is frequently called upon by trustees and other lawyers to deal with insolvency issues and complex disputes about fees and costs.

She acts for individuals with debts, including tax debts, both at the Tax Court of Canada and through the use of proposals and other procedures under the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act.