Appellate

Appeals involve difficult judgment calls and exacting preparation.  We have the expertise to help you navigate the many pitfalls.  Pursuing every argument hoping that one will stick is invariably a mistake.  Skilled counsel can identify and frame the arguments best poised to succeed.

We act in civil, commercial, constitutional, regulatory, and other appeals where the issues are complex and the stakes are high.   We also provide opinions on prospects of success.  We prepare leave applications and stay applications as necessary.  We have decades of appellate experience in the British Columbia Court of Appeal along with a handful of visits to the Supreme Court of Canada. 

Our appeals have involved the constitutionality of legislation, the powers of statutory actors, the interpretation of laws, the disclosure of Cabinet records, corporate oppression, commercial disputes, apprehension of bias, misfeasance in public office, societies disputes, the value of trees, and numerous other topics. 

Appellate practice demands excellence in both writing and oral advocacy.  We develop the most persuasive written arguments grounded in exacting knowledge of the factual record and the history of the applicable law.  Our submissions are trusted by the court – we don’t overstate and we help the court see the consequences of competing approaches to legal problems.

Our rate of success in appeals is high.  Good judgment, meticulous preparation, and compelling advocacy are the recipe for this success.