Julia Webster

Practice Areas

Julia is a tested advocate and has significant commercial and trade litigation experience. She has represented clients before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and a number of administrative tribunals across Canada. She advises companies on customs compliance, trade remedies, anti-corruption laws, economic sanctions, export controls, and supply chain ethics. She has also counseled companies on sensitive internal investigations which have included cross-border document reviews and multi-jurisdictional legal proceedings.

She is a Certified Customs Specialist with the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers, a member of Transparency International Canada’s Legal Committee, and a sessional lecturer at Queen's University, Faculty of Law, where she co-developed Law 453: International Business Crime.

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ontario

Transparency International

Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (Certified Customs Specialist)

Publications

Co-author, "Canada: Enforcement update on Canada's Import Prohibition on forced and child labor," InsightPlus, November 2023

Speaker, "Canada: Trade Outlook - Fall 2023 Trade & Customs compliance outlook (Video Chat)," InsightPlus, October 2023

Co-author, "Canada: Proposed "last sale" rule in customs valuation to increase cost of doing business in Canada", Baker McKenzie InsightPlus, June 2023

Co-author, "Canada: Supply chain transparency legislation in Canada – new risk for brands for violations of human and labor rights", Baker McKenzie InsightPlus, May 2023

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Canada

Languages Spoken

English

Education