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 2 - LGMA Conference Issue
In this issue:Whose Stairs are They Anyway? Permit Issuance Issues for Local Governments - Serge Grochenkov, Timothy Luk & Elizabeth...
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
Caselaw Update
This paper examines seven court decisions over the past year that would be of particular interest to local governments: (i) the Court of...
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...
2023
Tax Sales
The power of municipalities under the Local Government Act (the “LGA”) to sell private properties for the non-payment of property taxes is...
2023
Newsletter Volume 34, Number 1
In this issue:Best Practices for C2C Meetings - Amy O'Connor Riparian Area Protection Powers Rolled Back by the Court of Appeal - Bill...