Nicholas Hughes
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Environment
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About
Provided by Nicholas Hughes
Practice Areas
Mr. Hughes is a senior litigator in McCarthy Tétrault’s Vancouver Office who specializes in regulatory litigation, administrative law, environmental litigation and constitutional litigation primarily in the mining, transportation and industrial sectors, including defending and prosecuting civil claims, acting on appeals and judicial reviews of regulatory decisions, and the defence of clients in regulatory and quasi-criminal prosecutions. He regularly represents client before the Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) and on judicial review applications of regulatory decisions and appeals therefrom.
Career
British Columbia Bar, 1990.
Publications
For more details see Mr. Hughes’ firm bio at: https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/people/nicholas-hughes
Chambers Review
Global
Based in Vancouver, Nicholas Hughes is an experienced environmental litigator with particular activity handling matters at the intersection of transportation and environmental law.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nicholas is an amazing litigator; he has a great mind and thinks things through with attention to detail."
"Nicholas is an amazing litigator; he has a great mind and thinks things through with attention to detail."