Nicholas Tollefson Associate | Vancouver

Environmental Law

• Part of counsel team for a government agency and statutory decision maker in a complex civil action relating to remediation clean up criteria and regulatory management of a contaminated site

• Counsel to an international mining company in responding to a complex Fisheries Act investigation regarding releases of mine-impacted water

• Counsel to a utilities company in responding to a Fisheries Act investigation arising from a spill from utility infrastructure

• Part of counsel team for a real estate development company in obtaining a successful summary trial verdict on the interpretation of a contractual indemnity regarding environmental contamination

• Counsel to an energy production company defending an application for judicial review of a pipeline permit amendment

Indigenous Law

• Counsel to an Indigenous group seeking judicial review of an environmental assessment decision before the Yukon Supreme Court

• Counsel to a large pipeline company engaging an Indigenous group in mediation and alternative dispute resolution

Commercial Litigation

• Part of counsel team for an international mining company in successfully defending an application for an injunction to prevent the transaction of business under a joint venture agreement

• Counsel to a commercial tenant in a dispute regarding the negotiation and formation of a commercial lease agreement

• Counsel to an Indigenous group pursuing claims of fraud and bribery against former fiduciaries and officers

• Counsel to a commercial landlord in defending an unlawful termination claim brought by a former tenant

Arbitration

• Part of arbitration counsel team for an owner defending a C$1-billion ICC arbitration claim regarding construction of energy infrastructure

• Part of arbitration counsel team for an independent power producer in a contractual dispute regarding an energy purchase agreement

Constitutional & Charter of Rights

• Counsel to the Federation of Law Societies in successfully obtaining an injunction providing a temporary constitutional exemption to legislation imposing new regulatory disclosure obligations on lawyers: 2023 BCSC 2068

• Counsel to a charitable organization seeking leave to appeal a Fisheries Act conviction based on Charter and evidentiary issues

Nick is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Vancouver Bar Association and The Advocates' Society.

• Co-author : Implementing UNDRIP: B.C.’s Land Act Reform Sparks Public Debate
  Blakes Bulletin on Indigenous, February 16, 2024.
• Co-author : “The Buck Stops at the Top” – Lessons Learned: Mining Company Executive Found Guilty of Environmental Offences
  Blakes Bulletin on Environmental, August 14, 2023.