Overview
Public law disputes raise questions about authority, institutional responsibility, individual rights, and public consequence. We act in government, regulatory, and public law matters involving public bodies, regulators, institutions, professionals, businesses, and individuals affected by government action or delegated authority. Our experience includes civil forfeiture proceedings, Charter and quasi-criminal issues, regulatory enforcement, and government-side litigation where the outcome may affect policy, precedent, and future conduct.
These cases require more than technical command of the law. They require judgment about how courts and decision-makers will understand the public context, the statutory purpose, the evidence, and the remedy sought.
Our work also includes matters involving constitutional principles, statutory powers, procedural fairness, jurisdiction, regulatory enforcement, civil forfeiture, public decision-making, and rights-based claims. We have acted for the Director of Civil Forfeiture in complex proceedings involving alleged fraud-related proceeds, extensive evidentiary records, document production, disclosure obligations, third-party records, and multi-jurisdictional fraud allegations. That work has included applications involving examination for discovery answers, Competition Bureau records, Vancouver Police Department records, and litigation management in some of British Columbia’s most complex forfeiture matters.
Gudmundseth Mickelson is trusted by government, regulatory bodies, and public decision-makers across a wide array of sectors and industries.
