Practices: Appeals Advisory Team
A team of lawyers with experience in appellate work, who assist other lawyers with prosecuting or responding to an appeal.
Practices: Appeals Advisory Team
New, outside appellate counsel can bring a new set of eyes and a new perspective to the case and assist trial counsel who have been involved with the file for a long time. Trials and trial counsel are usually focused on the facts; but appeals are more about the law. Appellate counsel can focus on the law at issue in an appeal. In addition, dedicated appellate counsel can advise on the practices and procedures of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada and lend a helping hand.
Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP’s Appeals Practice Advisory Team is a group of lawyers with extensive experience in appellate work. We can help you with technical and practical matters, e.g. preparing the pleadings and books to prosecute or respond to an appeal. We can help you with substantive matters, such as drafting the factum and preparing for oral argument. And we can assist you with procedural matters such as chambers applications and applications for leave to appeal.
The Appeals Practice Advisory Team can assist other lawyers in a co‑counsel role, or as behind‑the‑scenes advisor, or as referral counsel. We respect referrals - the client is yours; we are here to help you both.
The Appeals Practice Advisory Team can assist in every aspect of an appeal in the B.C. Court of Appeal or Supreme Court of Canada, including:
If you need help researching and writing the factum, we can do that too. Our Director of Legal Research is a member of the Appeals Practice Advisory Team, and we can call on our partners, associates, and students to assist as well.
The core members of the Appeals Practice Advisory Team are David Gooderham, Eileen Vanderburgh, and Karen Zimmer. Other lawyers at Alexander Holburn have experience in many areas of substantive law and in appellate advocacy and can be called on as appropriate. These include William Holburn, Q.C., Michael Ragona, Q.C., David McEwen, Q.C., Jim Dowler, David Garner, Judi Kennedy, and Patrick Saul. Their experience is wide‑ranging, encompassing personal injury claims (motor vehicle, sports), commercial litigation, and insurance disputes (coverage, disputes between insurers, etc.). Other lawyers at the firm can provide advice on many areas of civil law, including bankruptcy and insolvency, construction law, defamation, professional negligence, and wills, to name a few.
Our team has handled numerous appeals, motions, and applications in the Court of Appeal, including motions for directions, applications for extensions of time, applications for leave to appeal, motions for security for costs, and applications for stays of execution. On appeal, we have dealt with issues ranging from aboriginal land claims to limitation periods to wills.
Some of the cases that we have been involved in are:
Core members of our Appeals Practice Advisory Team include David Gooderham, Eileen Vanderburgh, Timothy Outerbridge, and Karen Zimmer. This group can also call upon other members of the firm with experience in many areas of substantive law and in appellate advocacy including William Holburn QC, Michael Ragona Q.C., David McEwen, Q.C., Jim Dowler, David Garner, Judi Kennedy, and Patrick Saul.
Members of our team have dealt with many appeals, motions and applications in the Court of Appeal, including motions for directions, applications for extensions of time, and applications for leave to appeal, motions for security for costs, and applications for stays of execution. On appeal, they have dealt with issues ranging from aboriginal land claims to limitation periods to wrongful dismissal.
To find out more about our Appeals Practice Advisory Team and how it can be of service to you, please email us.
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