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Rick Williams
Téléphone
604.640.4074
Télécopieur
604.622.5887
Courriel
rwilliams@blg.com
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Background
Rick Williams is a partner in our Vancouver office and is the Regional Leader of the firm's Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group. He is a graduate of the University of Victoria having obtained his Bachelor of Law degree in 1999. Prior to that he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa in 1995. Rick articled with Ladner Downs (now Borden Ladner Gervais) and was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2000.
Areas of Practice
Rick represents and advises clients on a wide range of civil litigation and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the areas of oil and gas, expropriation, environmental and maritime law.
Professional Experience
Rick has appeared at all levels of court in BC, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. On regulatory matters he has represented clients before the BC Utilities Commission, the BC Surface Rights Board, the Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board, and the National Energy Board. He also frequently advises clients on their dealings with the Oil and Gas Commission.
Oil and Gas
In the oil and gas area Rick advises clients on the regulatory approval process for facilities and pipelines and on surface rights. He has represented oil and gas clients on production disputes before energy regulators, including common carrier, common processor, rateable take and shut-in applications. Examples include:
- Lead counsel in the first common carrier/common processor hearing before the BCUC in over 30 years, which established the test to be applied in BC.
- Lead counsel in the successful challenge of a public utility’s discriminatory security deposit policy before the BC Utilities Commission.
- Acted on successful applications to the Alberta ERCB, obtaining one of the largest interim shut-ins ever.
- Lead counsel on many successful arbitrations/motions before the BC Surface Rights Board.
Environmental
Rick is the regional leader of the firm's environmental group and acts as counsel on a wide range of environmental disputes and prosecutions, including land development impacts, contaminated sites, migrating pollution and charges under federal and provincial legislation. His clients include oil and gas companies, developers, consultants, property managers, industry and individual landowners. Examples include:
- Acted in a precedent setting environmental case, the first trial in BC to consider what are reasonably incurred costs of remediation under BC's legislation.
- Represented a client on a 20 day trial resulting in its acquittal of all charges under the federal Fisheries Act.
Maritime
Rick represents and advises maritime clients on commercial disputes, cargo claims, pollution charges, bills of lading, arrests, dangerous goods, collisions, the purchase and sale of vessels and other matters. He also has experience with trucking, rail and freight forwarding disputes and issues. Examples include:
- Lead counsel for a foreign bank in the arrest and judicial sale of a vessel, including overseeing a rare, live courthouse auction (part of global efforts to enforce a $77M judgment from a US Court).
- Acted for an international shipping company in successfully defending the validity of an arrest up to the Supreme Court of Canada.
General
Rick also practices general civil/commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, product liability, commercial leasing and insurance.
Professional and Community Activities
- Former Vice President Communications, Environmental Managers Association of British Columbia.
- Member, Air & Waste Management Association.
- Member, American Bar Association – Civil Litigation, Natural Resources Law and Insurance Law sub-sections.
- Member, Canadian Bar Association – Environmental Law, Maritime Law, Insurance Law and Civil Litigation sub-sections.
- Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association (CMLA).
- Member, Law Society of British Columbia.
- Member, Plimsoll Club.
- Rick has been a presenter and author on a wide variety of topics.
Speaking Engagements include:
- Port of Metro Vancouver's Environmental Seminar - Legal Update: Hazardous Substances, Spill Reporting, Class Actions . . . and other things to keep you up at night - December 6, 2011 (Vancouver)
- Insight 3rd Annual Northeast B.C. Natural Gas Summit - An Overview of the Regulation of Water Use in BC for Shale Gas Production - September 21, 2011 (Calgary)
- Edge on Energy Seminars: An Overview of the B.C. Water Regime As It Relates to Shale Gas Development – April 19, 2011 (Calgary)
- Environmental Managers Association Seminar: Enforcement and Case Law Update – February 4, 2010 (Vancouver)
- B.C. Expropriation Association: 2009 Fall Seminar – Surface Access Rights for Oil & Gas Development – An Overview of the Alberta and British Columbia Regimes – October 23, 2009 (Vancouver)
- Insight Natural Gas Conference: 2008 Pacific Canada Gas Forum – Developments Concerning Oil and Gas & An Overview of the Royalty Reduction Programs - September 24, 2008 (Vancouver)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Client Seminar: Environmental Law Seminar – Messages from the Latest Case Law - June 26, 2008
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Annual Maritime Law Seminar – Can I Arrest This? The M/V Swift Fortune & Aftermath - December 7, 2007
- Co-chair of the Environmental Managers Association 2007 Workshop – Environmental Risk Management – How Are you Managing Your Risks? – February 22, 2007
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Client Seminar: Environmental Law Seminar - June 1, 2006
- Insight Environmental Management Conference: Litigating Contaminated Sites: Recovering your Costs of Remediation, a British Columbia Case Study – February 22, 2006 (Toronto)
- EPIC Environmental Management and Compliance Seminar: Federal Case Law Update, November 24 – 25, 2005 (Vancouver)
Publications include:
- Environmental Law chapter (2004 - 2011 editions) the Annual Review of Law & Practice, co-authored
- Drilling for the Details: Recent Legislative Developments Concerning Oil and Gas & An Overview of the Royalty Reduction Programs (September 24, 2008) Insight Natural Gas Conference, co-authored with Dino Rossi
- Messages from the Latest Case Law (June 26, 2008) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Environmental Law Seminar Materials, co-authored with Dino Rossi
- B.C. Government Introduces Revised Oil and Gas Regulatory Framework, April 30, 2008 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Oil and Gas Client Alert
- Consultant Convicted of Criminal Offence Resulting from Improper Advice, Environmental Managers' Association of BC (Summer 2007), EMA Journal, Vol. 27
- Litigation Update: Further Lessons Learned (June 1, 2006) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Environmental Law Seminar Materials, co-authored with Jason Murray
- Litigating Contaminated Sites: Recovering your Costs of Remediation, a British Columbia Case Study (February 22, 2006), Insight Environmental Management Conference
- Update on Federal Environmental Case Law, (November 2005), EPIC Environmental Conference
- Contributor to the Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP Mari-Times
- Contributor to (and past editor of) the Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP Environmental Law News
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Background
Rick Williams is a partner in our Vancouver office and is the Regional Leader of the firm's Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group. He is a graduate of the University of Victoria having obtained his Bachelor of Law degree in 1999. Prior to that he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa in 1995. Rick articled with Ladner Downs (now Borden Ladner Gervais) and was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2000.
Areas of Practice
Rick represents and advises clients on a wide range of civil litigation and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the areas of oil and gas, expropriation, environmental and maritime law.
Professional Experience
Rick has appeared at all levels of court in BC, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. On regulatory matters he has represented clients before the BC Utilities Commission, the BC Surface Rights Board, the Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board, and the National Energy Board. He also frequently advises clients on their dealings with the Oil and Gas Commission.
Oil and Gas
In the oil and gas area Rick advises clients on the regulatory approval process for facilities and pipelines and on surface rights. He has represented oil and gas clients on production disputes before energy regulators, including common carrier, common processor, rateable take and shut-in applications. Examples include:
- Lead counsel in the first common carrier/common processor hearing before the BCUC in over 30 years, which established the test to be applied in BC.
- Lead counsel in the successful challenge of a public utility’s discriminatory security deposit policy before the BC Utilities Commission.
- Acted on successful applications to the Alberta ERCB, obtaining one of the largest interim shut-ins ever.
- Lead counsel on many successful arbitrations/motions before the BC Surface Rights Board.
Environmental
Rick is the regional leader of the firm's environmental group and acts as counsel on a wide range of environmental disputes and prosecutions, including land development impacts, contaminated sites, migrating pollution and charges under federal and provincial legislation. His clients include oil and gas companies, developers, consultants, property managers, industry and individual landowners. Examples include:
- Acted in a precedent setting environmental case, the first trial in BC to consider what are reasonably incurred costs of remediation under BC's legislation.
- Represented a client on a 20 day trial resulting in its acquittal of all charges under the federal Fisheries Act.
Maritime
Rick represents and advises maritime clients on commercial disputes, cargo claims, pollution charges, bills of lading, arrests, dangerous goods, collisions, the purchase and sale of vessels and other matters. He also has experience with trucking, rail and freight forwarding disputes and issues. Examples include:
- Lead counsel for a foreign bank in the arrest and judicial sale of a vessel, including overseeing a rare, live courthouse auction (part of global efforts to enforce a $77M judgment from a US Court).
- Acted for an international shipping company in successfully defending the validity of an arrest up to the Supreme Court of Canada.
General
Rick also practices general civil/commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, product liability, commercial leasing and insurance.
Professional and Community Activities
- Former Vice President Communications, Environmental Managers Association of British Columbia.
- Member, Air & Waste Management Association.
- Member, American Bar Association – Civil Litigation, Natural Resources Law and Insurance Law sub-sections.
- Member, Canadian Bar Association – Environmental Law, Maritime Law, Insurance Law and Civil Litigation sub-sections.
- Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association (CMLA).
- Member, Law Society of British Columbia.
- Member, Plimsoll Club.
- Rick has been a presenter and author on a wide variety of topics.
Speaking Engagements include:
- Port of Metro Vancouver's Environmental Seminar - Legal Update: Hazardous Substances, Spill Reporting, Class Actions . . . and other things to keep you up at night - December 6, 2011 (Vancouver)
- Insight 3rd Annual Northeast B.C. Natural Gas Summit - An Overview of the Regulation of Water Use in BC for Shale Gas Production - September 21, 2011 (Calgary)
- Edge on Energy Seminars: An Overview of the B.C. Water Regime As It Relates to Shale Gas Development – April 19, 2011 (Calgary)
- Environmental Managers Association Seminar: Enforcement and Case Law Update – February 4, 2010 (Vancouver)
- B.C. Expropriation Association: 2009 Fall Seminar – Surface Access Rights for Oil & Gas Development – An Overview of the Alberta and British Columbia Regimes – October 23, 2009 (Vancouver)
- Insight Natural Gas Conference: 2008 Pacific Canada Gas Forum – Developments Concerning Oil and Gas & An Overview of the Royalty Reduction Programs - September 24, 2008 (Vancouver)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Client Seminar: Environmental Law Seminar – Messages from the Latest Case Law - June 26, 2008
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Annual Maritime Law Seminar – Can I Arrest This? The M/V Swift Fortune & Aftermath - December 7, 2007
- Co-chair of the Environmental Managers Association 2007 Workshop – Environmental Risk Management – How Are you Managing Your Risks? – February 22, 2007
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Client Seminar: Environmental Law Seminar - June 1, 2006
- Insight Environmental Management Conference: Litigating Contaminated Sites: Recovering your Costs of Remediation, a British Columbia Case Study – February 22, 2006 (Toronto)
- EPIC Environmental Management and Compliance Seminar: Federal Case Law Update, November 24 – 25, 2005 (Vancouver)
Publications include:
- Environmental Law chapter (2004 - 2011 editions) the Annual Review of Law & Practice, co-authored
- Drilling for the Details: Recent Legislative Developments Concerning Oil and Gas & An Overview of the Royalty Reduction Programs (September 24, 2008) Insight Natural Gas Conference, co-authored with Dino Rossi
- Messages from the Latest Case Law (June 26, 2008) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Environmental Law Seminar Materials, co-authored with Dino Rossi
- B.C. Government Introduces Revised Oil and Gas Regulatory Framework, April 30, 2008 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Oil and Gas Client Alert
- Consultant Convicted of Criminal Offence Resulting from Improper Advice, Environmental Managers' Association of BC (Summer 2007), EMA Journal, Vol. 27
- Litigation Update: Further Lessons Learned (June 1, 2006) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Environmental Law Seminar Materials, co-authored with Jason Murray
- Litigating Contaminated Sites: Recovering your Costs of Remediation, a British Columbia Case Study (February 22, 2006), Insight Environmental Management Conference
- Update on Federal Environmental Case Law, (November 2005), EPIC Environmental Conference
- Contributor to the Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP Mari-Times
- Contributor to (and past editor of) the Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP Environmental Law News
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