Hunter Litigation Chambers maintains its position of one of Vancouver’s most highly pedigreed boutiques. It is also noted for its culture of stability. “There’s so little movement at Hunter. They keep all the associates.” observes one peer. “That’s not super common.” The firm is also noted for the variety of mandates it takes on, which feature a mix of commercial litigation, public law, labor and employment, and several other novel and cutting-edge claims.
This deep team is spearheaded by firm namesake Claire Hunter, identified by all as what one peer calls “the engine.” “When I’m referring cases, I will send things of higher complexity to Claire,” declares one peer, who goes on to stress, “but she doesn’t need me to send her work. She might be the busiest litigator in the city.” Hunter is lead trial counsel for the Province of British Columbia, the defendant in a case concerning the constitutional right of the French-speaking linguistic minority in BC to have its children educated in French. At issue, in part, is the Province’s role and responsibility in implementing previous court-ordered declarations of entitlements of rightsholders in certain communities in the province. Acting with Hunter on this matter are Brian Duong and Rebecca Robb, both of whom also elicit peer praise. “Brian and Rebecca are both really solid, just great thinkers.” Duong acts as counsel to Skycope, an anti-drone technology company, in obtaining an extraordinary order against the defendant in an urgent Anton Piller Order) to seize and preserve the company’s confidential information and an order prohibiting disclosure of that information.
Randy Kaardal continues to attend to a varied practice that balances employment litigation, commercial cases and judicial reviews.
