Course Chairs
Justice Alison M. Latimer — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Kaitlyn Chewka — Lovett Westmacott, Victoria
About the Course Chairs
Justice Latimer was appointed to the Supreme Court of BC in 2024. Before her appointment to the bench, Justice Latimer maintained a broad litigation practice acting as counsel in the areas of civil, criminal, and administrative law.
She appeared as counsel on several landmark constitutional cases, including cases establishing a right to physician assisted dying and limiting the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. She also regularly advised and represented clients in areas of administrative law, acting both for tribunals and for individuals and entities appearing before administrative tribunals or seeking judicial review of administrative decisions.
Kaitlyn Chewka is a partner with the firm Lovett Westmacott. Prior to joining Lovett Westmacott, Kaitlyn was legal counsel with the Ministry of Attorney General's Constitutional and Administrative Law Section.
Kaitlyn provides advice to various administrative decision-makers and regularly acts as counsel on judicial review applications and any resulting appeals. Kaitlyn is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria where she teaches administrative law and regularly lectures on the topics of civil procedure, criminal procedure, advocacy, ethics, and energy law. She is also a co-coach for the University of Victoria's Wilson moot team, which focuses on appellate advocacy skills.
Featured Speaker
Justice Harvey M. Groberman — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
Faculty
Justice Karrie A. Wolfe — Supreme Court of BC, Victoria
Trevor Bant — Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Paul Daly — University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Alandra K. Harlingten — Lovett Westmacott, Victoria
Kate R. Phipps — Arvay Finlay LLP, Vancouver
Zara Rahman — Civil Resolution Tribunal, Victoria
Karen L. Snowshoe, KC — Snowshoe Law, Vancouver
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Strategies for effective administrative law advocacy
British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual
This publication is essential for: Lawyers, decision-makers, and judges whose work involves federal or BC administrative law decision-making
Current to: May 1, 2023
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- SCC: institutional role of interveners
- BCCA: new correctness category in context of jurisdictional boundaries between administrative decision-makers and legislative bodies
- FCA: development in the test for intervention at the Federal Court
- expansion of test for legal threshold for standing
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- JRPA amendment to enable judicial review of Indigenous governing bodies when consent agreements reached for joint decision-making