Robbie Fleming

Robbie is an innovator who relishes the challenge of difficult cases, and combines creativity with strong legal and economic analysis. He was counsel on Google v. Equustek, 2017 SCC 34, the leading case in the world on the control of global content on the internet, and on the first ever ex parte appeal in the BC Court of Appeal – on a worldwide Mareva injunction with parallel asset freezing proceedings in France: Equustek v. Jack, 2016 BCCA 190.

Robbie began his career as a prosecutor in northern British Columbia. He left practice in 2004 to do an MBA at Cambridge, spending four years on a wide range of projects, including outsourcing legal services to India, business development for a biotech start-up, GC for a Dublin internet start-up, and a proposal to seed a new Irish early stage venture capital fund. He returned to Vancouver in 2008 to found Robert Fleming Lawyers.

In addition to doing good work, Robbie has always sought to do some good in the world. He has volunteered on a palliative care ward, done many pro bono cases, and been an active advocate for environmental causes.

John Zeljkovich

John is a litigator who has experience with complex commercial matters, creditor’s remedies, fraud litigation, professional negligence claims, employment and shareholder’s remedies.

John has acted in matters involving both Anton Piller and Mareva injunctions, as well as Norwich Pharmacal applications and enforcement of pre-judgement garnishing orders outside of British Columbia

John has been involved in a number of leading cases, including:

Sivia v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2011 BCSC 1639, which was a challenge to the constitutional validity of British Columbia’s new impaired driving legislation
The Owners Strata Plan LMS 2768 v. Jordison, 2013 BCCA 484, which established the right of strata councils to force misbehaving owners to sell their condominiums
Equustek v. Google, 2015 BCCA 265, the leading case in Canada on the power of the courts to control unlawful activity on the internet.
John is fluent in Croatian.

Alanna Mackenzie

Alanna is an associate at Robert Fleming Lawyers. She studied History, French and Law at the University of British Columbia. During law school, she spent a semester on exchange at the Sutherland School of Law in Dublin, Ireland. Alanna had a unique articling experience, splitting her articles between Ecojustice, a national environmental law charity, and a boutique civil litigation firm. She was called to the bar in British Columbia in 2016.

Since her call to the bar, Alanna has been involved in complex litigation matters at all levels of court in B.C., including jurisdictional disputes and injunction applications.

Alanna is a volunteer with the Access Pro Bono Society of B.C. She is also a classically trained violinist and avid hiker.