Congrats to Participants and Organizers of 2019 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot
CELL’s Executive Director Chris Tollefson sat as a Judge for the Semi Final round of the 2019 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot. This biennial […]
BC Passes Anti-SLAPP Law
The B.C. legislature voted unanimously yesterday to pass Third Reading of the anti-SLAPP legislation introduced by Attorney General David Eby, called the Protection of Public […]
NEB Recommends Approval of TMX Despite Concerns Over Impacts on Marine Birds
The National Energy Board has again recommended that the federal government approve the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) in its report released on February […]
CELL Sets Milestone with Largest Student Cohort Yet
A strong cohort of eleven law students completed a term in CELL’s educational program this fall. This has been the largest cohort of students in […]
Protecting Marine Birds in the Trans Mountain Reconsideration Review
On behalf of BC Nature (Federation of BC Naturalists) and Nature Canada, CELL is going before the National Energy Board to ensure a proper assessment […]
Summer Students Q&A
This summer, CELL has had the pleasure of working with three amazing law students from three different law schools in Ontario and Quebec. Rory Shaw […]
Organizations release vision for environmental assessment reform in BC
CELL joins twenty-two allied organizations – including environmental organizations, legal experts, social justice and community groups – in calling on the provincial government to introduce […]
CELL Supports Anti-SLAPP Open Letter
Today, the Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation (CELL) joins West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL) and over 40 other organizations in an open letter […]
Catherine Boies Parker appointed Queen’s Counsel
It is with great joy that CELL congratulates Catherine Boies Parker on her appointment as Queen’s Counsel. She is the founding president of the CELL […]
CELL at Federal Court for Pacific NorthWest LNG challenge
Yesterday, the CELL legal team was before the Federal Court in Vancouver representing SkeenaWild Conservation Trust in its legal challenge against the federal approval of […]