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No more than 7% of the bar of British Columbia can be appointed King's Counsel. Before making the recommendation to Cabinet, the Attorney General is required by statute to consult with the Chief Justice of British Columbia , the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia , and two benchers (directors) of the Law Society of British ...
Under the King's Counsel Act, the attorney general is automatically appointed a King's Counsel upon swearing into office. [2] The attorney general also serves as an ex officio bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia.
A King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's Counsel ( QC ).
Pages in category "Canadian King's Counsel" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 974 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The category King's Counsel is for barristers appointed Queen's or King's Counsel (QC or KC), and lawyers appointed QC or KC honoris causa, who have been appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law".
A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he has represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Point Grey in the Legislative Assembly since 2013. Eby began his legal career with a focus on civil rights and social justice issues, working at the Pivot Legal Society from 2005 to 2008. [ 3 ]
William ("Bill") S. Berardino, KC is a British Columbia lawyer who was appointed by the provincial government to serve as a special prosecutor in the trials associated with the BC Legislature Raids. He graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver in 1962 and obtained his law degree from the UBC Faculty of Law in 1965.