Gavin Hume Q.C.

Gavin Hume is a senior member of the Labour, Employment and Human Rights Group. His focus is labour relations and employment law. Gavin's experience includes representation of management clients before Labour Relations Boards, Arbitration Boards and the courts, the conduct of collective bargaining on behalf of management clients and provision to those clients of legal and tactical advice and long-term planning strategies in the employment and labour relations area.

Gavin is a Bencher of The Law Society of British Columbia and is also a Founding Member and President of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers. He has authored numerous articles and papers on employment and labour issues and is a frequent speaker for numerous organizations including: Canadian Bar Association, the Human Resource Management Association and the BC Business Council.

LEXPERT has consistently recognized Gavin as a leading practitioner in Employment and Labour Law, as well as one of the top 500 lawyers in Canada. He is listed as one of Canada's leading Labour and Employment lawyers in the most recent edition of Who's Who Legal (ABA Section of International Law).

News

• Six Fasken Martineau lawyers ranked under Canada’s Employment Lawyers Directory
• Gavin Hume, Q.C. quoted in the Financial Post

Publications

• Labour Law, Annual Review of Law & Practice
• Recent Developments in B.C. Labour Relations Law

Presentations

• 4th Annual Western Conference Labour Relations
• Western Canada Labour Relations

Membership/Affiliations

• Human Resources Management Association of British Columbia
  Member and Volunteer (1990 – date)
  Executive Member and Past President (1992 –1996)
• Bencher, The Law Society of British Columbia (2004 – date)
  Chair - Ethics Committee
  Member - Executive Committee
  Member - Retention of Women in Law Task Force
  Past Chair- Regulatory Policy Committee
  Past Chair - Women in the Legal Profession Task Force 
• Labour Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
  Executive Member and Provincial Chair, Labour Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 1976-1989, (BC Branch)
  Executive member and Chair of the National Labour Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, 1980 – 1986
• President, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE)
  Director and Vice-President (2002 – date)
  

Community Involvement

• 2003 Community Service Award, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
• Director, The Y.M.C.A. of Greater Vancouver (1997-date)
• Former Chair, Y.M.C.A. Endowment Fund (1994-2002)
• Honorary Solicitor, The Y.M.C.A. of Greater Vancouver (1985-date)
• Trustee, Y.M.C.A. Endowment Fund (1985-date)
• Former President, The Y.M.C.A. of Greater Vancouver (1983-1984)
• Former Executive Member, The Y.M.C.A. of Greater Vancouver (1978-1986)
• Former Member, Board of Governors, The Y.M.C.A. of Greater Vancouver (1972-1987)

Honours and Awards

• Queen's Counsel, 1992
• Honorary Life Member, Human Resources Management Association of British Columbia
• 2003 Community Service Award, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
• Honorary Life Member - YMCA