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Administrative and Constitutional Law
Aboriginal Law
Litigation
Public Law
Health Law
Insurance Law
Pension and Employee Benefits Law
Ron Skolrood has a broad civil litigation practice in which he acts for clients in a wide range of matters including contractual and other business or commercial disputes, pension and benefit matters, health law matters and insurance disputes. In this capacity, he represents clients in all levels of court and he also has considerable experience in mediation and other forms of alternate dispute resolution.
Ron also has an extensive practice in all aspects of Public Law, including Administrative and Constitutional matters. He has litigated numerous Public Law cases and he regularly advises clients on the legal and public policy implications of various government initiatives.
In the area of Pension and Benefits law, Ron acts for sponsors of both private and public sector pension plans in matters involving disputes over entitlement to benefits, plan amendments and the duties and obligations of trustees.
Ron’s experience in the Health law field includes acting in matters concerning the regulation of health care professionals, the funding and operation of the provincial Medical Services Plan and Pharmacare program and the regulatory framework governing the delivery of health services. He has written and spoken on numerous occasions on the legal and constitutional issues affecting the delivery of private healthcare in Canada.
Ron is very active within the legal profession. He is the immediate past chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Constitutional and Human Rights Law section and was for many years chair of the B.C. Constitutional Law Section. He is currently a director of the British Columbia Law Institute and is a former President of the Vancouver Bar Association. He has also taught law on an ad hoc basis at the University of Victoria.
Recent examples of matters in which Ron has acted or is acting include:
Representing a federal Member of Parliament in connection with a complaint brought under the B.C. Protection of Personal Information Act. The complaint was dismissed on the basis that the provincial statue is constitutionally inapplicable to a federal MP (see [2007] B.C.I.P.C.D. No. 29);
Representing the employer sponsor of a large private sector pension plan in an action brought by former management employees seeking enhanced early retirement benefits and challenging amendments to the pension plan passed by the employer (see Patrick et. al vs. TELUS Communications Inc. 2007 BCCA 200);
Representing the Board of Trustees of a large public sector pension plan in a representative action brought on behalf of retirees challenging changes made to post-retirement group benefits (see B.C. Nurses Union vs. Municipal Pension Plan Board of Trustees 2004 BCSC 1578);
Representing an intervener in the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter involving the constitutionality of Saskatchewan’s Tobacco Control Act (see Rothman’s, Benson and hedges vs. Saskatchewan, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 188);
Representing a major public utility in an administrative and constitutional law challenge to legislation authorizing the contracting out of administrative services (see OPEIU vs. British Columbia Hydro and Power authority 2004 BCSC 422);
Representing the Canadian Bar Association on an intervention in a constitutional challenge to the federal Proceeds of Crime (Money laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act (see Law Society of B.C. vs. Attorney General (Canada) 2001 BCSC 1593 aff’d 2002 BCCA 49);
Representing the B.C. Medical Association in connection with constitutional litigation involving rules of the Medical Services Commission governing the issuance of billing numbers to new physicians (see Waldman vs. British Columbia (Medical Services Commission) (1999), 67 B.C.L.R. (3d) 21 (CA));
Representing a group of citizens in the Northwest Territories challenging the electoral boundaries of the NWT following division of the Territories in 1999 (see Friends of Democracy vs. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) (1999), 171 D.L.R. (4th) 551 aff’d (1999), 176 D.L.R. (4th) 661)).
British Columbia (1988)
University of Lethbridge (B.A., 1983)
University of Victoria (LL.B., 1986)
University of Cambridge (LL.M, 1989)
Supreme Court of Canada, Law Clerk (1986-1987)
Canadian Bar Association Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section; National Section Immediate Past Chair; BC Section Treasurer (former Chair 2001 - 2005)
British Columbia Law Institute, Chair
Law Society of B.C. Special Compensation Fund Committee, Member
Vancouver Bar Association, Executive Member 1994 - 1998, President 1997
University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Sessional Lecturer, 1996-1998
Religion and the State - September 3, 2006
Legislative Framework Governing Private Healthcare in British Columbia - August 6, 2006
Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General): The Supreme Court of Canada Sets the Stage for Fundamental Health Care Reform - June 16, 2005
Changes to Post-Retirement Healthcare Benefits a Case Comment on B.C. Nurses Union v. Municipal Pension Board Trustees - May 3, 2006
The Charter of Rights and Health Care Reform
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