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Sheilagh Murphy, K.C., is a partner with MacNab Fagan & Murphy in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. She has had a broad practice since being called to the bar in 1999, and currently focuses her practice on arbitration, mediation, and workplace investigation. Sheilagh chaired the Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Relations Board from 2009 to 2017 and served as a vice-chair from 2007 to 2009. She has been an external adjudicator for the Canada Industrial Relations Board since 2019, and chair of the N.L. Fish Price Setting Panel since 2022. Sheilagh has heard and decided disputes in labour, employment, administrative, occupational health and safety, and Charter cases, and she has represented clients at administrative tribunals and courts throughout the province. She volunteers with many community and professional organizations, is a past chair of the Board of Lawyers Financial / Canadian Bar Insurance Association, and former member of the Canadian Bar Association’s national board of directors. In addition to her community involvement, Sheilagh is currently a Bencher of the Law Society of N.L. and a member of the board of directors of the Law Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sheilagh holds an LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick and a B.Sc. and a B.A. from Memorial University of Newfoundland. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2014.
