Appellate Practice
Counsel from Hunter Litigation Chambers appear regularly in
the British Columbia Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada
and occasionally in the Federal Court of Appeal. Our senior
lawyers are experienced appellate counsel and can provide
specialized appellate services to lawyers whose practice is
primarily at the trial level.
Some of the recent appellate cases our counsel have handled
include:
• R v Basi (Supreme Court of Canada, 2009), restoring
the protection of informer privilege.
• Re Inmet Mining Corp. (British Columbia Court of
Appeal, 2009), the leading case on the duties of a lawyer to
advise the client of the basis on which legal fees are to be
charged.
• Western Forest Products Limited v. British Columbia
(British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2009), a successful appeal of
a challenge to a decision of the Forest Appeals Commission
• British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited
(British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2009), a successful appeal
sustaining a third party notice against the Federal Government
in the provincial health care costs litigation
• Hayes Forest Services Limited v. Weyerhaeuser Company
Limited (British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2008), a decision
that set out the appropriate test for judicial review of an
arbitration award
• Cunningham v. Lilles (Yukon Court of Appeal, 2008), an
appeal that set out the role of the Court when counsel sought to
withdraw from representation of a litigant
• Maximum Ventures Inc. v. De Graaf (British Columbia
Court of Appeal, 2007), a decision concerning common interest
privilege in relation to the production of documents in a
commercial dispute
• Gold v. Mountain Equipment Co-Op, (Federal Court of
Appeal, 2006), a patent infringement case successfully defended
at trial and appeal
• Knight v. Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (British Columbia Court
of Appeal, 2006), an appeal from the certification of a class
action under the Class Proceedings Act.
In addition to conducting a wide range of cases as appellate
counsel, our lawyers have been active in writing and teaching on
appellate practice. One of our senior lawyers is the author of
"Conducting a Civil Appeal in British Columbia" (Carswell, 1995)
and taught appellate advocacy at the University of British
Columbia Law School for 14 years. Our counsel are regular
participants at Continuing Legal Education programs on appellate
advocacy and have written extensively on oral and written
appellate practice.