Tel: 604-891-2402 
E-mail: pvoith@litigationchambers.com

One of the founders of Hunter Litigation Chambers, Peter Voith practices in the area of commercial and administrative litigation. He routinely acts for major resource companies such as Western Forest Products Inc., TimberWest Forest Ltd., Weyerhaeuser Ltd., Canadian Forest Products Ltd., and International Forest Products Limited in various types of resource and commercial litigation. Mr. Voith also acts in public and administrative law matters for groups such as The Law Society of British Columbia. He has acted for a number of significant private land owners whose properties were expropriated or down-zoned. Finally, he has a significant commercial practice and acts in a broad range of contractual and corporate disputes. 

Mr. Voith is recognized in L’Expert, in The Best Lawyers in Canada, separately in L’Expert as one of the “Top 100 Specialists” in Canada and enjoys an “AV” rating in Martindale Hubbell.

Areas of Practice 
Peter is engaged in general civil, administrative and forestry litigation.

Education and Bar Admission 
B.Sc., McGill University, 1977 
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1980 
LL.M., Columbia University, 1983 
LL.M., University of Cambridge, 1984

Admitted to the Bar of British Columbia, 1981

Professional Activities 

• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, 1989 to 1999 
• Regular Instructor for Continuing Education of British Columbia 
• Former Member, Provincial Rules Committee for British Columbia International Arbitration Centre 
• Director, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 1990 to 1992 
• Member of the Ethics Committee, Law Society of British Columbia, 1998 to 2005 
• Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2004 
• Member of the Discipline Committee, Law Society of British Columbia, 2006 and 2007 
• Member of the Provincial Rules Committee, 2007 
• Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2007