DJA has extensive administrative and public law experience.

In addition to appearing as counsel in leading constitutional cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, our lawyers regularly appear before administrative tribunals and the courts on judicial review or appeal from decisions of statutory decision makers.

Our lawyers have appeared before the Securities Commissions of British Columbia and Alberta, the Environmental Appeal Board, the Forest Appeals Commission, the Real Estate Council of B.C., the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., the Law Society of B.C., the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C., the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C., the Health Professions Review Board, and the Safety Standards Appeal Board.

In the mining sector, one of our lawyers represented the Mining Associations of British Columbia and Canada as interveners in the judicial review in Federal Court of the Taseko New Prosperity mine environmental assessment: Taseko Mines Limited v. Canada (Environment), 2017 FC 1099.

Examples of successful representation of clients in the professional regulatory sphere include: Mohan v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2013 BCCA 489.

Counsel work in constitutional cases includes:

• Law Society of British Columbia v. Mangat, 2001 SCC 67
• Babcock v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 57, and
• British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2005 SCC 49.

Best Lawyers in Canada™ confirms our reputation in the field of administrative and public law. Craig Dennis K.C. has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in the area since 2013 and was named the “Lawyer of the Year” in Administrative and Public Law, in Vancouver in 2015 and 2018.