DJA Counsel regularly advocates for its clients on appeal, including at the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Frequently we are retained as new counsel to handle cases at the appellate level where we were not counsel at trial.

DJA offers decades of experience in appeals in a range of legal areas. Seven of the firm’s litigators began their legal careers as judicial law clerks.

Some of the appeals successfully argued by our lawyers include:

• Larocque v. Yahoo Inc., 2023 SKCA 63 (class actions, permanent stay)
• Larocque v. Yahoo Inc., 2023 SKCA 62 (class actions)
• Wang v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2023 BCCA 101 (obstruction of justice provisions under B.C. Securities Act)
• Mann v. Grewal, 2023 BCCA 88 (appeal from commercial arbitration award)
• Engman v. Canfield, 2023 BCCA 56 (professional negligence, causation)
• Moiseiwitsch v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2022 BCCA 321 (class actions, carriage motion)
• Tellini v. Bell Alliance, 2022 BCCA 106 (professional negligence, remoteness of damage)
• Sonic Holdings Ltd. v. Savage, 2021 BCCA 441 (breach of fiduciary duty and conflict of interest provisions under Business Corporations Act)
• Smithe Residences Ltd. v. 4 Corners Properties Ltd., 2020 BCCA 227 (parties and limitation periods)
• Ueland v. Lynch, 2019 BCCA 431 (professional negligence, mitigation)
• Pan Afric Holdings Ltd. v. Athabasca Holdings Ltd., 2018 BCCA 257 (abuse of process)
• Simsek v. United Airlines, Inc., 2017 BCCA 316 (business practices, restitution, and class actions)
• Lotzkar v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2015 BCCA 434 (parties, corporate status)
• British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, 2009 BCCA 540 (duty of care and product liability)
• Speckling v. Local 76 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union of Canada, 2009 BCCA 258 (employment law, abuse of process)
• Speckling v. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union of Canada, Local 76, 2006 BCCA 203 (employment law, abuse of process)
• City of Parksville v. Chet Construction, 2005 BCCA 603 (constitutional law)
• Law Society of British Columbia v. Mangat, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 113 (constitutional law)
• CW Acquisition Inc. v. Cathton Holding Ltd. (1997), 43 B.C.L.R. (3d) 129 (C.A.) (corporate law and shareholder rights).

Our lawyers regularly share their professional experience and legal knowledge with others. Craig Dennis K.C. is a member of the British Columbia roster of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute and has  contributed as author and speaker at appellate advocacy courses run by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (in 2021, 2017 and 2014).  Best Lawyers in Canada recognizes Craig as a leading lawyer in appellate practice.