Congratulations

We are pleased to offer our congratulations to Legacy alumna, Amy Francis, who was elevated from the Supreme Court of British Columbia to the British Columbia Court of Appeal on November 17, 2025. Madam Justice Francis was appointed to the British Columbia Supreme Court in March of 2019, after 13 years of a successful estate litigation practice with the firm. We wish Madam Justice Francis every success in her new role and are confident that her thoughtful approach and commitment to excellence will serve British Columbians well.

British Columbia’s Land Owner Transparency Act

Laura M. Peach, Alistair G. Campbell and Peter Mennie

On November 30, 2020, British Columbia’s new Land Owner Transparency Act, S.B.C. 2019, c. 23 (“LOTA”) came into force. New applicants registering an interest in land may be required to file a Transparency Report setting out information about the…

The Taxation of Medical Marihuana: Goods and Services Tax, Harmonized Sales Tax and Provincial Sales Tax (British Columbia)

Alistair G. Campbell

A.     INTRODUCTION   The purpose of this paper is to address the application of the federal Goods and Services Tax (“GST”), Harmonized Sales Tax (“HST”) and British Columbia provincial sales tax (“PST”) to sales of medical marihuana.[2] …