ROGER BAKER

Professional Details

• Called to the Alberta bar: 2018
• Law Society of Alberta: Member
• Education: Juris Doctor, University of Calgary (2017); Bachelor of Science (Honours, Geology), University of Saskatchewan (2001)
• Baker Law Firm established: October 5, 2018
• Practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Insolvency, Defamation, Appellate Litigation, Professional Negligence, Civil Sexual Assault Claims
• Firm: Baker Law Firm, Suite 3000, 421 7th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K9
• Contact: (403) 455-0339 · [email protected]

Court and Tribunal Appearances

Roger practises in Alberta and, under Canadian interprovincial mobility rules, has appeared in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. He has appeared before:

• Alberta Court of Justice
• Court of King's Bench of Alberta
• Court of Appeal of Alberta
• Provincial Court of Saskatchewan
• Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan
• Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
• Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Ontario Superior Court of Justice
• Alberta Securities Commission

Litigation Experience

Roger was lead counsel in each matter listed on the firm's Reported Decisions page. His trial experience includes numerous Provincial Court and Small Claims trials and a six-day Ontario Superior Court of Justice trial involving defamation and civil sexual battery for which a decision is pending.

He has appeared on numerous special applications and appeals, and regularly appears on the Court of King's Bench of Alberta Commercial List in insolvency matters. He acts for plaintiffs and defendants, creditors and debtors, and appellants and respondents.

Roger J. Baker was trial counsel for the plaintiff societies in Authentic Southside Taekwon-Do Club (Tien Lung Taekwon Do Club Edmonton South) v Taylor, 2026 ABKB 470, a nine-day defamation trial before the Alberta Court of King's Bench. The action arose from a CTV Consumer Watch television report that was also published through CTV's website and its national Facebook page. The Court held that one of the meanings conveyed by the report was false and defamatory, rejected the applicable defences for that meaning, and awarded the plaintiffs $250,000 in general damages plus prejudgment interest. The plaintiffs have appealed portions of the liability findings and damages assessment, seeking broader liability findings and greater relief.

Class Actions and Multijurisdictional Proceedings

Roger acts as Alberta counsel alongside KND Complex Litigation for plaintiffs in proposed securities class proceedings involving Exro Technologies Inc. The proceedings include claims in the Alberta Court of King's Bench and related proceedings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Baker Law Firm was retained as co-counsel while Exro Technologies Inc. was being petitioned into receivership and, later, bankruptcy. The class claims became intertwined in an Alberta commercial insolvency proceeding, which necessarily included a stay of proceedings. Roger's experience as insolvency counsel, including his knowledge of the processes and procedures on the Court of King's Bench of Alberta Commercial List, made Baker Law Firm a top choice when the class sought new local counsel of record, replacing a highly respected litigation firm.

• View KND Complex Litigation's Exro case page
• View the filed Court of King's Bench application

Selected Reported Decisions

• Authentic Southside Taekwon-Do Club (Tien Lung Taekwon Do Club Edmonton South) v Taylor, 2026 ABKB 470 Final judgment for the plaintiffs following a nine-day defamation trial: $250,000 in general damages plus approximately $113,452 in calculated prejudgment interest, before costs.
• Liberty Land Corporation v Kinnear, 2026 ABKB 248 Successful appeal setting aside summary dismissal and clarifying the treatment of hearsay evidence on summary judgment applications.
• Romspen Mortgage Limited Partnership v 3443 Zen Garden Limited Partnership, 2024 ABCA 333 Appellate proceeding resulting in the first reported Canadian interpretation of s. 283 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
• Poffenroth Agri Ltd. v Brown, 2020 SKCA 68, [2021] 2 WWR 302 Successful opposition to an application to quash and a frequently applied appellate framework for retroactive leave.
• Young v Scheuerman, 2026 ABKB 543 Successful opposition to a shareholder application for leave to commence a derivative action under s. 240 of the Business Corporations Act.

View reported decisions

Articles

• When Someone Calls Your Business a "Scam" in a Group Email: Your Rights Under Canadian Defamation Law
• Understanding Consent in Canadian Sexual Assault Civil Litigation
• After Liberty Mortgage: What Test Applies When You Need to Set Aside a Default?
• How Judgment Interest Works in Alberta: A Guide to the Judgment Interest Act
• Alberta Justices Are Calling for Reform of Applications Judge Appeals
• Why Ambiguous Contracts Get Read Against Their Drafters
• When Order and Omission Make a News Report Defamatory
• The Oppression Remedy in Alberta Shareholder Disputes
• Entire Agreement Clauses in Canadian Contract Law
• Fundamental Breach and Repudiation in Alberta Contract Law
• When a Settlement Becomes Binding in Alberta
• Vicarious Liability for Sexual Abuse by Employees in Canada
• Clarifying the Use of Hearsay Evidence on Summary Judgment
• Leave to Commence a Derivative Action in Alberta

Prior Business Experience

Before practising law, Roger spent more than a decade in the upstream oil and gas industry. From 2005 to 2012, he served as president, CEO and a director of Neo Exploration Inc., where he managed a team of approximately 20 people. During his tenure, the company raised more than $150 million through equity, debt and joint-venture financing and participated in corporate acquisitions and the development and drilling of hundreds of oil wells. Earlier in his career, Roger worked as a geologist with other Calgary energy companies.