Lawyers

Nate Ruston

Recent Publications

22Sep
2025
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 36, Number 3 - UBCM Conference Issue

In this UBCM Conference issueAboriginal Title Declared Over Fee Simple Lands in Landmark Decision: Reece Harding, Gregg Cockrill & Nick...

03Mar
2025
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 36 Number 1

In this issue:Arbitrator Awards Union $30,000 for District's Discrimination Against Union President, Interference in the Administration of...

08Nov
2024
Seminar Papers

Governance: Common Issues

Despite the decades long history of the governance rules relating to open meetings, conflict of interest, and public participation in...

16Sep
2024
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 35, Number 3 - UBCM Conference Issue

In this UBCM Conference issueLiability in the Era of Privacy Breaches and Cyberattacks: James Barth & Aishling CarsonProcurement &...

11Jun
2024
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 35, Number 2 - LGMA Conference Issue

In this LGMA conference issue:Bill 16 - Part One: An Overview of Tenant Protections - Christopher Gallardo Ganaban & Eman JeddyBill 16...

05Mar
2024
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 35, Number 1

In this issue: BC Court of Appeal Clarifies Law of Confidentiality and Indemnification - Sukh Manhas & Nick FalzonEmergency and...

13Feb
2024
Client Bulletins

Land Act Amendments Coming Soon

The provincial government is considering new amendments to the Land Act in order to bring it into conformity with the Declaration on the...

24Nov
2023
Seminar Papers

DRIPA and Local Governments

In November 2019, the provincial government adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People’s Act (“DRIPA”). Aimed at...

08Jun
2023
Newsletter

Newsletter Volume 34, Number 2 - LGMA Conference Issue

In this LGMA conference issue: Artificial General (Municipal) Intelligence: Not Quite Yet - Nick FalzonBC Financial Services Authority...

31May
2023
Blog

Amendment to the Employment Standards Act

The Employment Standards Act (the "Act") was amended on May 11, 2023 to ensure unionized employees were entitled to the National Day for...