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Contact Info
Brian J. Wallace., QC, CArb
3rd Floor, 848 Courtney Street
Victoria, BC Canada
V8W 1C4
Victoria: 250-590-5518
Vancouver: 604-916-9225
bjw@brianjwallacelawcorp.com
News
Brian has been appointed Senior Commission Counsel to the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. - www.cohencommission.ca
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About Brian J. Wallace, QC, CArb
More than 30 years practice experience in public law on constitutional, administrative and tax law matters including:
- Representing clients before the Supreme Court of Canada, the superior and appellate courts in B.C., Ontario and the North West Territories, the Tax Court of Canada, and both the trial and appellate divisions of the Federal Court as well as several quasi-judicial tribunals in B.C., including the BC Property Assessment Appeal Board and the BC Utilities Commission.
- Public policy development work, including acting as senior commission counsel to the Cohen Commission of Inquiry, counsel to the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission, and the B.C. Utilities Commission.
- Experience with professional regulation as a bencher and treasurer (president) of the Law Society of British Columbia.
- Commercial arbitration and mediation experience both as counsel and a neutral in disputes involving: commercial tenancies, franchising, commodity pricing, partnerships, and joint ventures.
International experience as a trade commissioner and negotiator including service as chair of the Canadian delegation in the negotiation of joint recommendations for the cross-border practice of law among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
Chartered Arbitrator, ADR Institute of Canada and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and of the BC International Commercial Arbitration Centre.
Trained and practiced as a mediator over the past 15 years and accredited to the BC Mediation Roster Society.
Practice background particularly relevant to counsel or dispute resolution work in matters involving governments and other regulators, corporate and professional governance issues, and complex valuations.
Bar Admissions
British Columbia (1969)
Queen's Counsel (1987)
Education
University of British Columbia (B.A., 1964)
University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1968)
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of British Columbia, Bencher 1985-1993, Treasurer (President) 1993
- B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Former Director
- Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Former Director
- International Bar Association:
- 1998 Vancouver Convention, Host Committee, Chair
- WTO Working Group, Member
Professional Accreditations, Commission & Delegation Work
Arbitration & Mediation
Commissions and Delegations
- Canadian Delegation in the negotiations under NAFTA on the Trans-border Practice of Law, Chair
- BC Electoral Boundaries Commission www.bc-ebc.ca, Counsel
- Payment in lieu of Taxes Review Panel, Member
Publications & Presentations
Written and spoken on topics ranging from Regulatory, Administrative and Assessment Law, Legal Ethics, Civil Litigation, Taxation and Constitutional Law and the trans-national practice of law.
Taught CLE courses on Property Taxation and served on the inaugural editorial board of the Property Tax Manual until 1999.
Publications
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