Charles F. Willms

Chuck Willms is the Chair of the Vancouver Specialty Litigation Business Unit. He has considerable experience in Aboriginal, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Commercial, Competition, Constitutional, Construction, Forestry, Property Assessment and Mining matters. He has appeared as counsel before the Property Assessment Appeal Board, Competition Tribunal, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Yukon Supreme Court, Alberta Court of Queens Bench, Courts of Appeal of British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon, Federal Courts of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has extensive experience in alternate dispute resolution matters including negotiation, mediation and arbitration.

Chuck is the chair of the firm's National Aboriginal Law Practice Group.

Selected Experience

• Moulton Contracting Ltd. v. Behn, 2011 BCCA 311
• Moulton Contracting Ltd. v. Fort Nelson First Nation, 2011 BCCA 312

News

• Best Lawyers in Canada: Over 100 Fasken Martineau lawyers again listed among the best
• Chuck Willms is quoted in Lexpert about the duty to consult in Aboriginal law

Publications

• B.C. Court of Appeal confirms that allegations of failure to consult or treaty right infringement should not be advanced as a collateral attack on government instruments
• The Supreme Court of British Columbia confirms Province must consult on decision to incorporate municipality

Presentations

• Aboriginal Land Resource Management Forum
• Plan Nord: What Every Investor Should Know

Membership/Affiliations

• Director, Aggregate Producers Association of British Columbia (APABC)
• BC Roadbuilders and Heavy Duty Construction Association
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Member of Aboriginal Affairs Committee (PDAC)

Honours and Awards

• Best Lawyers in Canada 2012, Aboriginal Law
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011, Repeatedly Recommended, Aboriginal Law