Turning the tide for shipbuilding in BC
The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy to rebuild the federal fleet is the largest procurement project ever attempted by Canada and promises to generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic benefits.
Keeping Canada’s First P3 Rail Project on track
The Canada Line is the first – and to date, the only – public-private partnership (p3) rapid transit rail project in Canada.
A prescription for success … Bull Housser helps BC businesses grow
Bull Housser has long been involved in advising some of this province’s oldest and most successful businesses, including Vancouver-based H.Y. Louie and London Drugs.
Honoured for empowering First Nations
This deal saw a First Nation investing in a local company to bring an environmental energy solution to other First Nations. Bull Housser received a unique honour for putting the deal together.
An un-conventional approach to creating a new Vancouver landmark
The West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre (VCEC) marked the grand finale of Bull Housser’s work on the development of Vancouver’s Coal Harbour waterfront neighbourhood.
Recent Work
Apr 4, 2013
Bull Housser represented the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncturists of British Columbia in successfully defending the constitutionality of s. 9 of the Trade-marks Act and the College’s official marks protected under s. 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Act.
Mar 27, 2013
Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP has acted for Premium Brands Holdings Corporation as British Columbia counsel in connection with the acquisition of Freybe Gourmet Foods Ltd.
Firm News
May 16, 2013
Bull Housser is very pleased to welcome Marino Sveinson who joined the partnership on May 15, 2013 as a member of the Dispute Resolution + Litigation Group, working in the area of Labour + Employment.
May 13, 2013
Bull Housser is very pleased to welcome Katie Stowe who joins us as our Director of Business Development + Marketing.
Resources
May 21, 2013
The Trademark Clearinghouse (“TMCH”) is a newly-launched rights protection mechanism for brand owners to protect their trade-marks. The TMCH is part of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) program for handling new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registrations.
May 10, 2013
Federal Government issues Proposed Regulations on Triggers for Environmental Assessments under CEAA 2012 and A Move Towards Substituting the Federal EA Process with Provincial Processes.
Featured Seminars
April 16, 2013 - Bull Housser Partners E. Jane Milton, Q.C. and Carmen Thériault, Q.C. will be presenting "Trusts, Fraudulent Conveyances and Challenges to the Effectiveness of Trusts: Cautionary Tales" at the PBLI Trusts: Challenging Issues and Emerging Planning Techniques Conference on June 18, 2013 in Vancouver.
Bull Housser Partner Steve Dvorak and Articled Student Helen Sevenoaks published the article "Monitor-Controlled Sales Processes: Preserving Integrity or Overstepping its Role?”.