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A Lay Person's Intro to BC Legal Information Sources and Lawyers' Web Sites

Legislative Assembly of BC

"B.C. Hansard Transcripts From 1970 to 1991 Now Available On-line
... - the transcripts of legislative debates from 1970 to 1991.... [as of Nov. 2003] all existing Hansard transcripts are now available on-line for the first time via the Assembly website." [go to www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/ - quote fr. 11/03/2003 news release]

Reference Information on BC Law

  • Electronic Law Library
    www.bcpl.gov.bc.ca/ell/ "This website provides the residents of British Columbia with access to legal information.  The site is maintained by the Legal Services Society"

Tribunal Decisions

Legal Representation & Legal Aid in BC

When do you need to consult or retain a lawyer?  
How do you select a lawyer?   What questions to ask when interviewing a lawyer (its a two way selection process).  These are some questions we hope to help you with.

Resources and Organizations

  • Legal Services Society [LSS] of BC www.lss.bc.ca/default/Default.asp The LSS website includes:
    • information about legal aid in BC,
    • information about the Legal Services Society (LSS) and its services,
    • legal information, including LSS publications, LSS LINK, and Law Line.
    • billing and other information for legal aid lawyers, and
    • links to other sites about the law in BC.
      [quoted fr. website 2004/01/01
  • Canadian Bar Association BC Chapter

Downtown Vancouver Law Courts

Canada Immigration Lawyers in BC

Province of BC Government Web Info

BC Provincial Courts - Web Information

Map of Greater Vancouver Regional District

The GVRD map produced by cartographer Weller Cartographic Services Ltd. shows the cities and municipalities that make up the Greater Vancouver Regional District, a metropolitan area which is home to well over 1/2 of BC's population.

The map shows the locations of West Vancouver, North Vancouver Distric, North Vancouver City, the City of Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Delta, White Rock, New Westminster, Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, City of Langley, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

This site was developed by a group of people who have served as "expert witnesses" and information consultants for law firms in litigation involving personal injury cases, labor law, wills variation and breach of trust cases as well as class action suits.

It is our hope that you will find this site useful in your decision making as to consulting or selecting a lawyer for your needs.

This site is not endorsed by web sites to which it provides links to, unless otherwise noted, where a particular lawyer has volunteered to become a content contributor.

 

BC Lawyers & Related Legal Services


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Wills and Estates Planning

Personal Injury · Civil Litigation · Trial Lawyers


Class Action · Professional Negligence-Malpractice · Product Liability Lawyers

  • Reference article: Class Actions in BC a lay persons introduction to what is a class action suit and how to select a lawyer or become a member of the class
  • Vancouver BC Class Action & Health Law Lawyers listings
  • Exemplar profile of lawyer acting as co-counsel in Canada's largest class action settlement in 2000

  • see also on-line copy of BC Class Actions Legislation-Act Class Proceeding Act RSBC 1996 from Copyright © 2003: Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Employment Law · Wrongful Dismissal · Labor Labor Law

Vancouver Wrongful Dismissal lawyers

Personal Injury / Employment Law - Wrongful Dismissal

Rose Keith Experienced employment law lawyer representing both employers and employees on a variety of issues including wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal and harassment.  Representation at British Columbia Supreme Court, British Columbia Court of Appeal and Human Rights Tribunal.
Email rkeith@rosekeith.bc.ca

Office location & detailed profile:  Vancouver downtown map


Banister & Company Sandra Banister, Senior counsel labor law cases

Lawyer Exemplars of Practice Profiles

Bruce W. Lemer, barrister & solicitor, Vancouver, BC

Bruce Lemer was called to the bar in 1982.

He was plaintiff's co-counsel in Endean vs. Canadian Red Cross and others, ... a class action on behalf of individuals infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions, which resulted in the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. [over $1.5 Billion Cdn.]

He has extensive experience in complex litigation, having acted for numerous individuals in products liability and professional negligence claims against governments, blood products manufacturers and the Canadian Red Cross for infection with HIV and hepatitis C through blood transfusions and blood products.

He has successfully represented plaintiffs in negligence claims against stockbrokers and brokerage firms, physicians and highway maintenance bodies (for accidents caused by inadequate winter maintenance procedures).

He has appeared on numerous occasions in the British Columbia Supreme Court, the BC Court of Appeal, and courts in Alberta and Ontario.

In 2003-2004 he is plaintiffs' counsel in:

  • a proposed class action against brokerage firms with respect to allegedly improper charges made to clients for currency exchange transactions;
  • a proposed class action against a drug manufacturer with respect to allegedly inappropriate actions taken to raise the price of a drug;
  • a proposed class action against a individuals and a financial institution for involvement in an alleged scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in real estate developments.

Mr. Lemer has also successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of personal injury cases, including those dealing with quadriplegia, brain injuries, serious orthopedic injuries and death claims.

Publications and Articles by Mr. Lemer include:

  • He is the yearly update author of the chapter on I.C.B.C. (Insurance Corp. of BC) no-fault benefits in the Motor Vehicle Claims Manual ( a publication of the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, 1999-2003 )
  • Strict Products Liability:  The problem of improperly designed products ( Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 1982 )
  • Dealing With Claimants and Insureds ( in Insurance Law, CLE, 1989 )
  • Practice Points for a Personal Injury Discovery ( in Personal Injury Trials: Techniques and Tactics, CLE, 1989 )
  • Pollution Coverage Under C.G.L. and Automobile Policies ( in Pollution and Contamination Insurance Claims, CLE, 1990 )

Some Supreme Court of BC reference information from BC government courts judgements data base 1997

  • Original decision granting certification as a class proceeding of ENDEAN v CANADIAN RED CROSS
    Date: 19970522 | Docket: C965349 | Registry: Vancouver
    REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
    OF THE
    HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. SMITH
    www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/97/07/s97-0758.txt

Bruce W. Lemer, Associate Counsel · Trial Lawyer
GRANT KOVACS NORELL
Barristers & Solicitors
400 - 900 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC  V6Z 2M4
Tel:  604-609-6699
Email:  blemer@gkn.ca