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Gavin Cameron

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction British Columbia, 2011
Language(s) English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Gavin Cameron is a litigator in Vancouver with a focus on commercial disputes and white-collar criminal investigations. Appearing as successful counsel in more than 100 reported decisions, including more than thirty appeals, he advises on contractual disputes, shareholders’ remedies, defamation, commercial fraud, and regulatory prosecutions.

A significant part of Gavin’s practice involves acting for individuals and corporations subject to criminal and quasi-criminal investigations, implementing strategies to avoid charges, and defending their interests in court. He is lead trial counsel in a number of the highest-profile corporate criminal negligence and white collar criminal prosecutions in British Columbia.

Gavin appears as counsel in trials and appeals in all levels of court in British Columbia, as well as in the Supreme Court of Canada. He also regularly acts as counsel in commercial arbitrations.

Gavin is frequently retained by other lawyers – to represent them in disciplinary matters, defend or take their cases on appeal, and as their personal counsel in contentious matters. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he has lectured in Civil Procedure for the past 4 years.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Steppe Gold Ltd. completes acquisition of growth-oriented mining company, Anacortes Mining Corp.,
  • Hootsuite succeeds in challenging Provincial taxation of cloud computing services,
  • Rigby Foods, Inc. v. B.C. Frozen Foods Ltd., 2023 BCSC 352,
  • Haug v. Funk, 2023 BCCA 110,
  • Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. E.B., 2023 BCSC 120,
  • Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals entirely successful in defending claims made against them and in their counterclaims brought against a contractor,
  • Boucher v. Bemister, 2023 BCCA 17, Ongoing since May 2022
  • Levy v. British Columbia (Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General), 2022 BCSC 356,
  • Durkin v. Marlan, 2022 BCSC 193,

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB University of British Columbia

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • Canadian Bar Association

Knowledge

Fasken Institute

News

Publications

Article Supreme Court of Canada redefines human smuggling
Article Attacking Non-Part XII.2 Search Warrants in Proceeds of Crime Investigations: A New Approach

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