Practice Areas

We regularly work in the following areas:

Advice 

  • Building permits and property standards
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Drafting and providing advice on bylaws and official community plans
  • Elections
  • Environmental contamination and remediation
  • Expropriation
  • Freedom of information and privacy
  • Heritage conservation 
  • Homelessness 
  • Indigenous law
  • Infrastructure development
  • Labour and employment
  • Land use and planning law
  • Licensing of businesses and accommodations
  • Municipal borrowing and finance
  • Petitions, referenda, and alternative approval processes
  • Public notices, meetings, and hearings
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Real estate transactions
  • Rezoning, land development, and subdivision
  • Taxation and tax sales
  • Tendering, procurement, and construction advice

Agreements & Instruments

  • Business and finance agreements
  • Bylaws and resolutions
  • Construction contracts
  • Covenants, easements, and statutory rights of way 
  • Expropriation-related agreements
  • Land development agreements
  • Leases and licences 
  • P3 agreements 
  • Phased development agreements
  • Real estate agreements
  • Tenders and RFPs

Disputes & Defence

  • Appeals
  • Arbitrations and mediations
  • Charter claims
  • Construction, lien, and design disputes
  • Environmental Appeal Board proceedings
  • Human Rights Tribunal complaints
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • Judicial reviews and administrative law proceedings
  • Land use and development matters
  • Liability defence
  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner proceedings
  • Real property litigation
  • Small claims
  • Statutory compensation claims
  • Supplier and service provider disputes

Enforcement & Injunctions

  • Civil injunctions
  • Direct enforcement
  • Long-form prosecutions
  • Municipal Bylaw Forum
  • Notices on title to land
  • Offence notices and tickets
  • Remedial action requirements

Risk Management & Crisis Response

  • Emergency and Disaster Management Act advice
  • Internal investigations
  • Risk avoidance, abatement, and transfer 
  • Risk identification and analysis
  • Strategic crisis and incident response
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