Craig Ferris KC

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Construction, Infrastructure & Engineering; Insurance Litigation; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Mining; Pensions and Benefits Litigation; Product Liability; Real Estate Litigation; and Securities Litigation.

Career

Craig A.B. Ferris, KC, FCIArb., is one of British Columbia’s most accomplished litigation lawyers and acts for clients in commercial and business disputes. His particular areas of focus include shareholder remedies, trust, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional litigation, product liability, mining disputes and real estate litigation.

Craig has appeared in all levels of court in British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He also acts in private arbitrations and in administrative settings. Craig has particular knowledge of class actions and acts as lead counsel in the defence of major class proceedings in a wide variety of industries.

Craig was the President of the Law Society of British Columbia in 2020.

Craig is a member of the bar of British Columbia (1991), and is a Queen's Counsel, British Columbia (2014).

Professional Memberships

Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre - Domestic and International Arbitration Panelist, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, International Council for Commercial Arbitration - Member, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, Member, Law Society of BC – Life Bencher, Canadian Defence Lawyers Association - Member, Vancouver Board of Trade - Member, Canadian Bar Association - Member, The Advocates’ Society – Director.