Barry M. Davies

Last updated
Barry M. Davies
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Personal details
Born1947
Education Bachelor of Arts (1976)
Bachelor of Laws (1978)
Alma mater University of British Columbia

Barry M. Davies is a former judge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. [1]

Contents

History

Barry M. Davies studied law at the University of British Columbia in the 1970s. [2] [3] In 1979, Davies joined the Bar of British Columbia. [4] [5] In the 1980s, Davies became President of the Kelowna chapter of the Law Society of British Columbia. [6] In late 1995, Davies became a judge with the Supreme Court of British Columbia. [7] [8]

Notable trials

Barry M. Davies delivered judgment in Oliverius v British Columbia in 1999. [9] The case pertained to a collision on the Rogers Pass involving two logging trucks that took place on 12 February 1994 whereby Lance Oliverius subsequently attempted to sue the Province of British Columbia. [10] The Calgary Herald reported that the resulting highway closures prevented a major performance of The Wizard of Oz from taking place at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium because the cast and crew were unable to travel from Vancouver to Calgary. [11]

Related Research Articles

Telus subsidiary of Telus Corp, a Canadian telecommunications company

Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, healthcare, video, and IPTV television. The company is based in the Vancouver, British Columbia area; it was originally based in Edmonton, Alberta, before its merger with BC Tel in 1999. Telus' wireless division, Telus Mobility, offers HSPA+, and LTE-based mobile phone networks. Telus is the incumbent local exchange carrier in British Columbia and Alberta. Telus' primary competitors include Shaw Communications. It also competes in the mobile sector with Shaw Communications, Rogers Communications and Bell Canada.

William H. DaviesBill Davies, was a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC), Canada, from 1982 until his retirement in 1999. In 2007 he was appointed Commissioner of the Davies Commission Inquiry which investigated circumstances around the 1998 death by hypothermia of Frank Paul, a Mi'kmaq homeless man.

Supreme Court of British Columbia Provincial high court in Canada

The Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) is the superior trial court for the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCSC hears civil and criminal law cases as well as appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. There are 90 judicial positions on the BCSC bench in addition to supernumary judges, making for a grand total of 108 judges. There are also 13 Supreme Court masters who hear and dispose of a wide variety of applications in chambers.

Kelowna International Airport

Kelowna International Airport is a Canadian airport located approximately 10 minutes or 6.2 nautical miles northeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Highway 97.

Charles Stephen Rogers was a British Columbia politician and cabinet minister from 1975 to 1991. Rogers ran for the leadership of the British Columbia Social Credit Party in the 1986 leadership race, but lost to Bill Vander Zalm.

British Columbia Court of Appeal Court of appeal of the province of British Columbia in Canada

The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1910 following the 1907 Court of Appeal Act.

A Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Ian Bruce Josephson gained national attention overseeing the trial of two persons accused of bombing Air India Flight 182, the largest mass-murder in Canadian history.

A&B Sound

A&B Sound was a Canadian home electronics retailer based in Richmond, British Columbia. Its flagship store was located in downtown Vancouver, and the chain expanded to other cities in B.C. and in western Canada, but the company began struggling in the 2000s decade and collapsed altogether in 2008.

Sindi Hawkins Canadian politician

Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins was a Canadian politician, who was the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for Okanagan West from 1996 to 2001 and Kelowna-Mission from 2001 to 2009.

The Bacon Brothers, Jonathan, Jarrod, and Jamie, are a trio of gangsters born in Abbotsford, British Columbia, suspected of multiple firearms and drug trafficking charges and implicated in a rash of homicides that have occurred in the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver area. Jonathan, the eldest brother, was murdered in Kelowna on August 14, 2011.

Ben Stewart

Benjamin Richard Stewart is a Canadian politician, who has represented the riding of Kelowna West in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2018 as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He previously represented the riding of Westside-Kelowna from 2009 to 2013.

Naomi Yamamoto Canadian politician

Naomi Yamamoto is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. She was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party in the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale. Yamamoto's party formed a majority government in the 39th Parliament and Premier Gordon Campbell included her in his cabinet, between June 2009 and October 2010, as Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, and then as Minister of State for Building Code Renewal between October 2010 and March 2011. Following the 2011 BC Liberal leadership election, in which Yamamoto endorsed George Abbott, the new Premier, Christy Clark, promoted Yamamoto to Minister of Advanced Education.

Alexander Ingram Fisher was a lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Fernie from 1916 to 1920 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal.

Cody Alan Legebokoff is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers, and his trial drew national attention. A 15-year-old girl, Loren Donn Leslie, has been included in the list of missing women and girls suspected as victims in the Highway of Tears murders.

Madame Justice Barbara M. Young is a judge on the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Bryan Williams,, is a Canadian lawyer and retired judge from Vancouver, British Columbia. He was a puisne justice on the British Columbia Court of Appeal and also Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court. In addition to an extensive litigation practice, he was heavily involved in a number of organizations relating to the practice of law and the administration of justice, including a term as national president of the Canadian Bar Association.

The Davies Commission Inquiry or Davies Commission Inquiry into the Death of Frank Paul was an inquiry under Commissioner William H. Davies a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC), Canada. The final report was submitted in May 2011.

Tracy Gray

Tracy Gray is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kelowna—Lake Country in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to her election in the House of Commons, she was a city councillor for Kelowna City Council.

Brent Marshall Giles is a Canadian curler from the Vancouver area. He is a two-time provincial men's champion and 1982 Brier runner up.

Kuipers v Gordon Riley Transport, 1 C.C.L.T. 233 (1976) was a Canadian personal injury case involving negligence, standard of care, causation, and hindsight.

References

  1. Mulgrew, Ian (August 13, 2014). "Civil Forfeiture Office Losing Battle To Seize Assets From Hells Angels". The Vancouver Sun. p. A4.
  2. "Downtown 'N' Out". The Vancouver Sun. December 17, 1976. p. 25.
  3. "B.C. Law School Hosts Moot Court". The Vancouver Sun. February 11, 1977. p. 7.
  4. "Dismissal Of Injunction Sought In Okanagan Housebout Case". The Vancouver Sun. September 9, 1985. p. B9.
  5. "Injunction Set Aside". The Vancouver Sun. September 13, 1985. p. C8.
  6. "Officers and Executives: Kelowna". The Advocate. 45: 6, 326. 1987.
  7. "B.C. News: New B.C. Supreme Court Justice Named". The Vancouver Sun. December 29, 1995. p. B8.
  8. "Beach to Bench". The Vancouver Sun. December 29, 1995. p. A11.
  9. Oliverius (L & L Truck Service) v. British Columbia, 1999-01-11, retrieved 2020-06-15
  10. Lamb, Jamie (February 14, 1994). "Federal Highway Action Needed On Rogers Pass". The Vancouver Sun. p. A3.
  11. Hull, Ken (February 13, 1994). "Wizard Woes". The Calgary Herald. p. 3.