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MARINE
& AVIATION INSURANCE
CIVIL & REGULATORY LITIGATION
ENVIRONMENTAL
& NATURAL RESOURCES
Chris Harvey, Q.C., was born and raised in British Columbia. He took his legal education in London, England where he practised as a barrister from 1968 until his return to Canada in 1975. Chris was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1976 and practised with Russell & DuMoulin (now Fasken Martineau DuMoulin) before becoming associate counsel with MacKenzie Fujisawa in 2003. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990.
Chris specializes in civil and regulatory litigation. His wide-ranging practice includes: environmental and regulatory law, aviation, products liability, marine, defamation, aboriginal, commercial, constitutional and trade-related litigation. Chris has appeared as counsel in courts and tribunals throughout Canada and in arbitrations in the United States, Canada and England.
Chris' appellate practice in the Federal Court of Appeal, the B.C. and Alberta Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada has included Charter of Rights issues, aboriginal governance issues, aviation and marine insurance issues and cases concerning agricultural marketing and other regulatory schemes. He occasionally sits as a single arbitrator or as chair of a panel of arbitrators.
Chris devotes a significant amount of his time to volunteer community work and pro-bono professional work. He has served in leadership roles with Scouts Canada, various youth sports organizations, environmental and land trust organizations. He is an honorary director of the West Coast Environmental Law Association, and he has taught in numerous Continuing Legal Education sessions. He is currently the editor of the Advocate, a magazine, published six times per year by the Vancouver Bar Association. Most recently Chris was nominated by his peers for inclusion in the 6th edition of the Best Lawyers® list for Canada in the practice area of Transportation Law.
| PUBLICATIONS
(AUTHOR) |
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“Entre Nous”, [editorials on various subjects of interest to lawyers] each issue of the Advocate from May, 2008 to date. |
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“Who Owns the Foreshore?”, Fisherman Life, November, 2007 |
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“Le Needfulness de Eux Dispensera Ove le Noisomness del Smell: True or False”, (2004) The Advocate 62: 79-90. |
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“The
Fish Canneries Reference”, October 7, 2004 |
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“Is
Hecate Strait in British Columbia?”, Fisherman Life,
February, 2002. |
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“The Law of Salvage" (CLE paper). |
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“Public Benefit as a Defence to Nuisance". 2001 (paper presented to 20 Club). |
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“Rylands
v. Fletcher: An Effective Environmental Remedy,
or a Dead Horse?,” March 21, 2001. |
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“Where
Federal Fisheries Jurisdiction Ends,” The Westcoast
Fisherman, March, 2000. |
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“Lord
Denning - In Retrospect,” (1999) The Advocate. |
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“Brokers
Beware,” [1999] IJOSL 1-89. |
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“The
Alaska Boundary Dispute”, The Westcoast Fisherman,
August 16, 1999. |
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“The Abolition of the Public Right of Fishery Proposed by Bill C-62, (1997) The Advocate, 55: 527-35. |
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“What
Use is the Pacific Salmon Treaty?”, The Westcoast
Fisherman,
(1997): 31. |
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“Right
to Quality of Water Under the Water Act and Related
Water Issues”, Law Reform for Sustainable Development
in British Columbia,
1997, 186-193. |
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“Reflections
on GATT, NAFTA and the Corn Laws”, (1994)
The Advocate 52: 201. |
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“Environmental
Clean Up Costs and Damages: The Common
Law”, The Advocate, 1992; |
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“The
Right To Fish”, May 7, 1991. |
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“Arbitrating
Fraud Claims: Can a Party to a Fraud Case have his Day
in Court?”, International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators,
Sept., 1991; |
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“Maritime
Arbitration in Canada”, 1990, Vol. 14, Tulane Maritime
Law Journal, p. 273; |
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“Riparian
Water Rights”, The Advocate, 1990; |
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“The
Hull Claim”, published in “Maritime Law -
Third International Conference”, Pacific Northwest
Admiralty Law Institute, 1986, Chapter 5. |
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“The
Law Relating to the Pollution of Rivers”, 1975 [Ph.D.
thesis] |
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“Economic
Losses and Negligence”, 1972 Canadian Bar Review |
Email:
CHarvey@maclaw.bc.ca
Direct Line: 604-443-1202
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