Hunter Litigation Chambers

Head of Chambers: Randy J Kaardal, QC
Number of partners: 11 Number of lawyers: 22
Languages: English

Members
William Smart QC (1976)
Randy J Kaardal QC (1988)
K. Michael Stephens (1998)
Mark S Oulton (2000)
Brent B Olthuis (2001 Ont; 2005 BC)
Claire Hunter QC (2004 Ont, 2004; NY; 2010 BC)
Ryan Dalziel QC (2004)
Paul Heisler (2006)
Brian Duong (2009 Mass; 2009 BC)
Ryan Androsoff (2012)
Rebecca Robb (2014)
Alexander Bjornson (2015) *
Nicole Gilewicz (2016) *
Julia Roos (2016) *
Aubin Calvert (2016 Ont; 2018 BC) *
Stacey Waterman (2015, Ont; 2018 NY; 2021 BC) *
Caitlan Ehman (2019) *
Susan Humphrey (2019) *
Diana Sepulveda (2020) *
Maryanna Dinh (2020) *
Simone Penney (2021) *
Martin Taylor QC (1963) ++

* Associate ++ Associate Counsel

The Chambers:
Hunter Litigation Chambers is regularly recognised as one of the premier dispute resolution firms in Canada. Lead counsel Randy Kaardal QC, Claire Hunter QC, Ryan Dalziel, QC, Mike Stephens, Mark Oulton and Brent Olthuis are each consistently identified in peer-reviewed publications as leading lawyers across various litigation-related categories and subject areas. Bill Smart QC , 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 QC, 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, Michael Stephens Tel 604-891-2404, Claire Hunter Tel 604-891-2403
Emails: [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]

Class Actions:
Key Clients: BC Lottery Corporation, Canada Dry Motts Inc.
Contacts: Michael Stephens Tel 604-891-2404, Brent Olthuis Tel 604-647-3540, Claire Hunter Tel 604-891-2403
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [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: Michael Stephens Tel 604-891-2404, Mark Oulton Tel 604-891-2408, Brent Olthuis Tel 604-647-3540
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [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, Michael Stephens Tel 604-891-2404, Brent Olthuis Tel 604-647-3540
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Labour & Employment:
Key Clients: Terus Construction Ltd., ContainerWorld Forwarding Services Inc., BC School Superintendents Association
Contact: Randy Kaardal Tel: 604-647-4559
Email: [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, Michael Stephens Tel 604-891-2404
Emails: [email protected], [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, Brent Olthuis Tel: 604-647-3540
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]