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Our Municipal Law Group has extensive experience representing municipalities, regional districts, government agencies, crown corporations, private sector clients, and citizen groups on a wide range of matters. Our lawyers provide our public and private sector clients with a sophisticated range of solutions to new and familiar issues in the municipal field. The lawyers in the group have experience in all aspects of municipal law, land use planning, public and private partnerships, labour law and expropriations. We are able to call upon lawyers with experience in other practice groups to assemble a team to accomplish our clients’ objectives.
Public Sector
Our lawyers support our local government clients and crown corporations in all aspects of municipal law, assisting them in the legislative and administration operations and appearing before all levels of court. We regularly provide advice to local governments with respect to:
legislative drafting and interpretation;
municipal elections;
conflicts of interest;
by-law enforcement and prosecutions;
property tax assessment and enforcement;
zoning issues and planning approvals for all types of development proposals;
real estate acquisitions and sales;
contract preparation, administration and interpretation;
freedom of information requests;
labour and employment issues;
public liability claims;
actions by and against municipalities; and
trade and business regulation.
Private Sector
Our Municipal Law Group also has broad experience in acting for private sector clients and citizen groups in dealing with municipalities. We have assisted clients seeking rezoning and development approval, and have advised clients dealing with local governments on a wide range of issues including;
land use and development approval processes;
contribution of infrastructure projects;
leasing and acquisition of municipal and crown lands;
structuring public private partnerships;
property tax assessment appeals;
provincial and municipal property assessment and taxation policy and statutes
business licensing and other regulatory issues;
expropriation matters;
advising on municipal legislation;
freedom of information requests; and
environmental matters.
View a listing of team members in this practice area.
Geoffrey P. Wiest in our Yellowknife office at 867.669.5544 or Edward Wilson in our Vancouver office at 604.631.9148.
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