Public and Administrative Law - Hunter Litigation Chambers - Litigation Counsel

Areas of Practice

Commercial Litigation
Corporate and Securities Litigation
Class Actions
Products Liability
Administrative and Public Law
Forestry Litigation
Aboriginal Law
Appellate Litigation

Administrative and Public Law

The firm has a diverse public law practice, which includes acting for and against provincial and federal administrative tribunals and ministries in judicial review proceedings, administrative appeals, marketing board proceedings, constitutional challenges and permit hearings. Peter has represented the Law Society of British Columbia on a number of litigation matters. John has an active marketing board practice and John, Mike and Stephanie have litigated constitutional challenges relating to administrative delay and the federal expropriation power.

John argued the leading case on vicarious liability of the Crown in the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Province of British Columbia in 2002 and was recently counsel for a major international tobacco company on a constitutional challenge to the validity of British Columbia legislation in the Supreme Court.