Hunter Litigation Chambers

Firm Details:
Head of Chambers: Randy J Kaardal, KC
Number of partners: 8
Number of lawyers: 2
Languages: English
Members:
William Smart KC (1976)
Randy J Kaardal KC (1988)
Mark S Oulton (2000)
Claire Hunter KC (2004 Ont, 2004; NY; 2010 BC)
Paul Heisler (2006)
Brian Duong (2009 Mass; 2009 BC)
Ryan Androsoff (2012)
Rebecca Robb (2014)
Nicole Gilewicz (2016) * Julia Roos (2016) *
Monique Evans (2016) *
Aubin Calvert (2016 Ont; 2018 BC) *
Stacey Waterman (2015, Ont; 2018 NY; 2021 BC) *
Caitlan Ehman (2019) *
Susan Humphrey (2019) *
Maryanna Dinh (2020) *
Simone Penney (2021) *
Amanda Richards (2021 AB; 2022 BC) *
Nathan Wells (2022) *
Martin Taylor KC (1963) ++
* Associate ++ Associate Counsel

Firm Overview:
Hunter Litigation Chambers is regularly recognized as one of the premier dispute resolution firms in Canada. Lead counsel Randy Kaardal KC, Claire Hunter KC, and Mark Oulton are each consistently identified in peer-reviewed publications as leading lawyers across various litigation-related categories and subject areas. Bill Smart KC, one of the province’s most notable criminal lawyers and a Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, adds expertise in criminal, corporate and regulatory matters. Associate Counsel Martin Taylor KC, one of Canada’s leading counsel and adjudicators over the past 50 years, rounds out the firm’s expertise at the senior level. With deep talent at the associate level, including many former judicial clerks, the firm has the bench strength and ability to handle all manner of commercial, criminal and administrative disputes. The firm routinely acts across a broad spectrum of subject areas including class actions (including anti-trust and product liability cases), professional negligence, natural resources disputes, labour and employment, defamation, public and constitutional law, Aboriginal law, and criminal and quasi-criminal prosecutions. In addition to their respective practices before trial courts, administrative and arbitral tribunals, counsel at Hunter Litigation Chambers appear regularly in the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, and in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.

Main Areas of Practice:
Commercial Litigation & Arbitration:
Key Clients: BC Lottery Corporation, Taseko Mines Ltd., Baker Hughes, Best Choice Blueberry Farms Ltd.
Contacts: Randy Kaardal Tel 604-647-4559, Claire Hunter Tel 604-891-2403
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Class Actions:
Key Clients: BC Lottery Corporation, Canada Dry Motts Inc.
Contacts: Claire Hunter Tel 604-891-2403
Emails: [email protected]

Corporate & Securities Litigation:
Key Clients: Eastern Platinum Ltd., BC Securities Commission (Bridgemark Group)
Contacts: Randy Kaardal Tel: 604-647-4559, Claire Hunter Tel: 604-891-2403
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Aboriginal Litigation:
Key Clients: Taseko Mines Ltd., International Forest Products Limited, City of Richmond
Contacts: Mark Oulton Tel 604-891-2408
Emails: [email protected]

Administrative & Public:
Key Clients: BC Lottery Corporation, Canadian Lumber Standards Accreditation Board, Director of Civil Forfeiture, Thomas Fresh Inc., BC Chicken Marketing
Board, Municipal Insurance Association of BC, Trial Lawyers Association of BC
Contacts: Randy Kaardal Tel 604-647-4559
Emails: [email protected]

Labour & Employment:
Key Clients: Terus Construction Ltd., ContainerWorld Forwarding Services Inc., BC School Superintendents Association
Contact: Randy Kaardal Tel: 604-647-4559, William Smart Tel: 604-647-4550
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Forestry Litigation:
Key Clients: Canadian Forest Products Ltd., International Forest Products Limited, Teal Cedar Products Ltd., Canadian Overseas Log & Lumber Ltd.; Taan Forest Limited Partnership
Contacts: Mark Oulton Tel 604-647-3540
Emails: [email protected]

Criminal & Regulatory:
Key Clients: College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC, Real Estate Council of BC, Law Society of BC
Contacts: William Smart Tel: 604-647-4550
Emails: [email protected]