Kevin O'Callaghan is co-chair of our Corporate Social Responsibility Law Practice Group. Kevin provides strategic advice on aboriginal, regulatory, environmental and other corporate social responsibility ('CSR') issues. While his extensive experience is focused throughout western and northern Canada, he also advises a number of clients around the world. If unavoidable conflicts arise during project development, Kevin appears before courts, tribunals and arbitration panels to assist resource companies (e.g. forestry, mining, and oil and gas) on challenges to licenses by local communities, non-governmental organizations and indigenous communities, as well as related injunction proceedings. Kevin was counsel for a coalition of businesses at the Supreme Court of Canada in the leading case on aboriginal consultation and accommodation (Haida Nation v. B.C.). He has also appeared as counsel for an industry at the Supreme Court of Canada on a case regarding aboriginal rights and human rights found in the Charter (R. v. Kapp).
Kevin's litigation practice also involves complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on environmental issues. Kevin has advised clients on a myriad of environmental matters including environmental assessment, cost recovery actions, off-site migration, ground water contamination, and regulatory offences. Additionally, Kevin provides ongoing advice to resource companies on obligations to First Nations and agreements with First Nations.
Kevin has recently joined the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).
Kevin provides legal services through Kevin O'Callaghan Law Corporation.
Community Involvement
- Board Member, Pacific Parklands Foundation (2008 – Present)
- Board Member, BC Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (2010 – Present)
Membership/Affiliations
- Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR), PDAC
- Former Chair, Aboriginal Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
- Civil Litigation and Environmental Law Sections, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch
- Litigation and Environmental Sections, American Bar Association
- Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada