Catherine M George, 34Los Angeles, CA

Farris LLP

604-6611724 (Phone), 604-6619349 (Fax)

Advocacy & Litigation, Administrative & Regulatory Law, Appellate Advocacy, Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Government & Public Municipal Sector

<p><strong>Affiliations</strong></p><p>•Member of the Law Society of British Columbia <br/>•Member of the Canadian Bar Association</p>

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2015

University of British Columbia, B.F.A., 2006

University of Victoria, J.D., Gold Medallist, 2013

Representative Work: Acted (with Ludmila Herbst, K.C.) for participant in the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in Canada.; Acted for environmentalists in a challenge to a municipality's proposal to build a highway through Bear Creek Park. Successfully obtained an interlocutory injunction (Force of Nature Society et al v. Surrey (City), 2021 BCSC 1676) which was upheld on appeal (2021 BCCA 394).; Represented statutory tribunal on appeal dealing with requirements of procedural fairness on reconsideration of decision: R.N.L. Investments Ltd. v. British Columbia (Agricultural Land Commission), 2021 BCCA 67.; Represented petitioners in constitutional challenge to municipal sign bylaw: Kaps v. City of Surrey, 2022 BCSC 1191.; Appeared on behalf of an intervener in Supreme Court of Canada in Groia v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 27, concerning the standards of discipline applicable to lawyers for conduct in court.; Successfully argued for stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration clause and setting aside of Mareva injunction, Northwestpharmacy.com Inc. v. Yates et al, 2017 BCSC 1572 and 2018 BCSC 41.; Counsel for third party in complex insurance litigation, with argument on points of procedure, pleadings, and case management in British Columbia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Swiss Reinsurance Company v. Camarin Limited, 2017 BCSC 1586 and 2018 BCCA 122.; Counsel for respondents in petition by Attorney General of British Columbia to have certain documents declared subject to solicitor-client privilege, British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lee, 2016 BCSC 707, 2017 BCCA 219; successfully argued for special costs to be paid by government, 2016 BCSC 974.