Find Lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia for Municipal Law
Practice Area Overview
Municipal law includes the area of practice described as Land Use on this website, which more specifically can include:
- Advising on permitted uses of lands;
- Advising on restrictions such as special policy areas, holding provisions, and environmental limitations;
- Obtaining development approvals;
- Official plan amendments;
- Zoning amendments;
- Site plan approvals and agreements;
- Subdivision and condominium plans and agreements;
- Minor variances;
- Consents to severance, easements, or long-term leases;
- Providing advice and representation respecting Environmental Assessments, including Class Environmental Assessments;
- Representation Before the Ontario Municipal Board, Courts, and Tribunals.
- Drafting and interpreting by-laws and agreements
- Advising on restructurings and amalgamations
- Initiating and opposing judicial review applications
- Advising on development charges and front-ending agreements
- Providing advice and representation respecting all aspects of the Elections Act
- Representing clients on assessment appeals before the Assessment Review Board, the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), and the courts
- Providing expropriation advice to both land owners and expropriating authorities, representing clients before the Board of Negotiation, the OMB, and the Ontario Courts
- Restructuring, Governance, and Joint Services
- Privatization of Services
- Municipal Liability Claims and Litigation
- Utility Restructuring and Financing
- Municipal Finance, Contracts, and Administration
- Municipal Election Matters
- By-Law Enforcement
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Issues
- Property Tax collection
- Conflict of Interest Advice
- Procurement
Dan Bennett's practice is focused in the areas of trial, arbitration, hearing and appeal work in commercial and administrative litigation. As a member of our litigation group, Mr. Bennett has conducted a broad range of cases in commercial, real estate, and natural resource matters in British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon superior courts and courts of appeal as well as the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He also appears regularly before a number of administrative boards de...
Max Collett is a leading real property, planning and environmental lawyer with a keen interest in the development of sustainable cities. Mr. Collett provides timely and practical advice to public and private sector clients on a diverse range of projects, including the remediation and re-development of industrial brownfield sites, development of healthcare-related facilities, complex mixed-use strata developments and commercial joint ventures on First Nations lands. He regularly assists on pro...
Jim is a leading British Columbia practitioner in property tax and expropriation law with extensive experience since 1993 providing strategic advice and litigating appeals for a wide range of clients before tribunals and courts relating to: Imposition and management of property taxes, property transfer taxes, mineral taxes and other commodity taxes on Crown, municipal, private and First Nations lands; Imposition and management of payments of grants in lieu of property taxes; Expropriation of ...
James Goulden is a senior member of our litigation group. His practice is focused on trial and arbitration work in commercial and administrative disputes. James is also a member of our special situations team that deals with public company disputes, such as proxy fights and takeover bids. Mr. Goulden has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, as well as the Federal Court and various administrative tribunals. He has acted as counsel in a broad range of commercial cases involv...
Real estate has been instrumental in making Vancouver the burgeoning world city it is today, and developers have been instrumental in building the very foundations of where we live, work, come together and enjoy life. Sarah is pleased to be a part of these contributions by representing clients in the commercial real estate sector. Sarah admires the dedication and pride our clients put into their work and our community. Sarah provides strategic legal advice based on which clients can make time...
Ed practices in the real estate and municipal law fields with a specialty in real estate development. Ed has assisted clients in such projects as: redevelopment of industrial sites to permit multi-family residential uses; heritage designation and density bonusing arrangements; rezoning and redevelopment of shopping centres; development of office and industrial parks; development of numerous condominium projects; development and marketing of strata title hotels; restructuring of strata corpora...
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