Recent Publications
2025
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...
2025
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...
2024
Governance: Common Issues
Despite the decades long history of the governance rules relating to open meetings, conflict of interest, and public participation in...
2024
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 &...
2024
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...
2024
Newsletter Volume 35, Number 1
In this issue: BC Court of Appeal Clarifies Law of Confidentiality and Indemnification - Sukh Manhas & Nick FalzonEmergency and...
2024
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...
2023
DRIPA and Local Governments
In November 2019, the provincial government adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People’s Act (“DRIPA”). Aimed at...
2023
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...
2023
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...