Barry's Biography
Barry, a partner in Young, Anderson, obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees from the University of British Columbia. Before joining the firm in 1991 Barry spent several years as a prosecutor with the Province's Crown Counsel office, followed by four years as in-house counsel with the City of Vancouver's Law Department. As trial and appeal counsel he has appeared at all levels of court in this province as well as appearing on a number of matters before the Expropriation Compensation Board. His litigation interests are wide ranging. He has represented local governments on such diverse subjects as employment, contract, negligence, bylaw, expropriation, enforcement, constitutional and bad faith issues.Barry has taught municipal law subjects at the U.B.C. Law School, the Justice Institute's Bylaw Enforcement course and at the Capilano College Local Government Administration course. He is currently the Vice President of the B.C. Expropriation Association and has made presentations recently to that group and the Municipal Law subsection of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. He co-authored with Greg Cockrill an article dealing with freedom of expression on municipal property which appeared in Municipal Lawyer, the publication of IMLA, the International Municipal Lawyers Association.
Barry and his wife Grace have three children Andrew, Emily and Lauren. Barry and his family now reside in the Okanagan where he is resident partner in the Kelowna office.