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Environment

Nationwide - Canada

9 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Nicholas Hughes

Canada

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Mr. Hughes is a senior litigator in McCarthy Tétrault’s Vancouver Office specialized in all facets of environmental law. His clients are primarily in the mining, transportation, industrial and real estate sectors. His practice spans from comprehensive compliance related advisory services, through all manner of dispute resolution services, including regulatory litigation, regulatory appeals, judicial review of regulatory decisions, defending criminal prosecutions of environmental offences, civil claims arising from environmental disputes and appeals arising therefrom. The environmental litigation Mr. Hughes is engaged in includes litigation in relation to the following subject matters: wildfire litigation, contaminated sites litigation, Fisheries Act litigation, Migratory Birds Act litigation, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act litigation, Canadian Environmental Protection Act litigation, Environmental Management Act Litigation (including permit appeals), and herbicide litigation under the Integrated Pest Management Act.

Career

British Columbia Bar, 1990.

Publications

For more details see Mr. Hughes’ firm bio at: https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/people/nicholas-hughes

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Environment - Nationwide - Canada

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Band 2
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Based in Vancouver, Nicholas Hughes is an experienced environmental litigator with particular expertise in handling matters at the intersection of transportation and environmental law, as well as in judicial reviews relating to biodiversity.

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