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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 19:38:13+00:00

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Gib van Ert practises civil, commercial and public law litigation. He has a broad range of counsel experience, including trials, appeals, arbitrations, judicial reviews, motions and opinion work. From August 2015 to August 2018, Gib served as Executive Legal Officer to two successive Chief Justices of Canada, the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C. and the Rt. Hon. Richard Wagner, P.C. The ELO is the Chief Justice’s principal advisor in matters concerning the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Judicial Council and the National Judicial Institute. Prior to that, Gib practised for ten years at a nationally-recognized litigation boutique.
Gib is a well-known authority on the reception of public international legal norms in Canadian law. His main work on this topic, Using International Law in Canadian Courts, has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and other courts.
Gib is a former law clerk to Madam Justice Jo-Ann Prowse of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia and Justices Charles Gonthier and Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Lead counsel for the intervener, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, in Divito v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) 2013 SCC 47; argument that the Charter should be interpreted in conformity with international human rights law was accepted by the court.
Sole counsel for the defendant/plaintiff by counterclaim in Gulston v. Aldred 2010 BCSC 241, 2011 BCSC 1051, 2011 BCCA 147; client obtained judgment for over $600,000 arising from a failed residential property transaction.
Co-counsel in Phillips v. Keefe 2010 BCSC 2005, 2012 BCCA 123; successful three-week retrial of residential boundary dispute and ensuing appeal.
Sole counsel for the homeowner in Aldred v. Colbeck 2010 BCSC 57; the first successful claim by a homeowner under BC’s Environmental Management Act for recovery of environmental remediation costs against the previous owners of a residential property contaminated by an underground oil storage tank.
Sole counsel for the plaintiff (respondent on appeal) in ASEAN Technology Partners Inc. v. National Research Council of Canada 2007 BCSC 1539, 2009 BCCA 126; a breach of contract claim against a federal agency.
Sole counsel for the worker in Gogol v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal 2008 BCSC 489; a successful judicial review of a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal to deny a worker temporary disability benefits.

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