Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP - Barristers and Solicitors

• LEGAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATIVE & REGULATORY

Interacting with government agencies, boards and tribunals is an integral part of doing business. Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP has helped clients realize their business objectives by finding practical, sustainable solutions within the regulatory framework. Our firm’s well established regulatory practice covers several areas, including mining law, environmental law, utilities regulation, securities law, financial institutions and regulation of professions.

Legal Services

EKB offers services in many areas including:

• Regulatory compliance
• Permits, approvals and assessments
• Representation before British Columbia and federal regulatory tribunals
• Judicial review of administrative decisions

In addition to advising the Real Estate Council of BC on disciplinary issues under the Real Estate Services Act, EKB lawyers have represented clients on many notable matters, including:

• Acting as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada in a leading case dealing with bias in administrative law:  Richmond Farmland Society v. Richmond (Township), [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1213 (S.C.C.).
• Representing a client in connection with the statutory authority for Pharmacare and issues of ultra vires acts of a governmental organization:  Associated Respiratory Services Inc. v. British Columbia (Purchasing Commission) (1994), 87 B.C.L.R. (2d) 70 (B.C.C.A.).
• Acting for tobacco companies to challenge the legality of the provincial government’s process of collecting tobacco tax by requiring wholesalers to pay the tax before actually receiving it from retailers:  R.J.R. MacDonald Inc. v. British Columbia (1997), 49 B.C.L.R. (3d) 64 (B.C.C.A.).
• Acting as counsel in a challenge of certain immigration processes, resulting in an amendment to the relevant legislation:  Lam v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1991] F.C.J. No. 1176 (C.A.F.C.T.D.).
• Representing a client in challenging the retroactive effect of amendments to provincial legislation (Gasoline Tax Act):  Vancouver Island Air Ltd. v. British Columbia, [1994] B.C.J. No. 2492 (B.C.S.C.).
• Acting as counsel before the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board on an application to add a party as a "Responsible Person" on an environmental remediation order:  British Columbia Railway Co. v. British Columbia (Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection), [2004] B.C.E.A. No. 6 (B.C.E.A.B.).
• Acting as counsel for a professional practitioner on a hearing before the Medical Services Commission as to alleged irregular billing practices.

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