Agribusiness: Forestry

Forestry is a highly regulated industry, a reality that gives rise to a broad range of administrative, public law and commercial disputes in various forums including both informal and formal administrative bodies, all levels of court and mediation and arbitration. Forestry related disputes regularly dealt with by the firm include:

• opportunities to be heard under provincial forest legislation,
• stumpage and other regulatory appeals,
• complaints to the Association of BC Forest Professionals,
• commercial contract disputes,
• aboriginal rights and title disputes,
• compensation claims against the government, and
• arbitrations under the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation or other statutes or commercial agreements.

The firm's forestry practice has been representing clients in the forest sector since 2004 and is recognized as a leading practitioner in this field by various peer-reviewed publications, including this one.

HLC consistently advocates for licensees, companies, and individuals in the forest industry, appearing regularly before the Forest Appeals Commission, all levels of the British Columbia Courts, and the Supreme Court of Canada in these matters.