Our Services

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Nygard Legal specialises in providing contract legal services to lawyers and law firms , including all aspects of appeals at any level, writing or editing factums or arguments, support at court appearances, acting as agent, and arguing cases or discrete motions.  

Nygard Legal will bill the contracting lawyer or firm directly. Services can then be billed out  to clients as the contracting lawyer deems appropriate. 

We are located in New Westminster, but can provide services throughout British Columbia. 

All services of Nygard Legal are provided by Donnaree Nygard.  Donnaree practiced litigation for 28 years at the Federal Department of Justice in a broad range of areas, including Constitutional, administrative, class action, national security,  insolvency and  injunction law.  Since 2022, Donnaree has continued to practice in a variety of areas, including Constitutional, commercial, class action, and  public inquiry law. 

Donnaree has argued cases at all levels of the British Columbia and Federal Courts, in the  Supreme Court of Canada, and before a Public Inquiry.

Donnaree was called to the Bar in 1994 after completing her  LLB at Dalhousie University  in 1993 and an Honours BSc in chemistry at the University of British Columbia in 1990.

She regularly contributes to CLE programs, including authoring a chapter in the British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual and co-authoring a chapter in Injunctions: British Columbia Law and Practice. Donnaree also acts as a guest lecturer at Allard School of Law in the Charter Litigation seminar and is an advocacy advisor for the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute . 

 Constitutional

Christie v. British Columbia, 2005 BCCA 631 and 2006 BCCA 59

Carter v. Canada,  2012 BCSC 886; 2013 BCCA 435; 2015 SCC 5

Deegan v. Canada, 2019 FC 411

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in R v. Boule, 2020 BCSC 1846

Supreme Court of Canada  

Canada (A.G.) v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence, 2012 SCC 45 

Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada, 2015 SCC 1 

Meredith v. Canada, 2015 SCC 2

Office of the Children’s Lawyer v Balev, 2018 SCC 16

Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v Chhina, 2019 SCC 29

Insolvency

Re De Stefanis 2005 BCCA 156

Re Bankruptcy Dav-Jor Contracting, 2006 BCCA 330

Re Ted Leroy Trucking, 2012 BCCA 511

Costs 

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada, 2005 BCCA 94

Dish Networks v Rex, 2012 BCCA 161  

Injunctions

Canada (Public Works and Government Services ) v. Musqueam, 2008 FCA 214

Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. Rainforest Flying Squad, 2021 BCSC1554; 2021 BCSC 1903

Class Actions

 Smith v. Canada (AG), 2006 BCCA 237 and 2006 BCCA 407 

Tiller v. Canada, 2019 FC749; 2019 FC 895; 2022 FC 11

National Security  

R v Nuttall, 2015 BCSC 1125, and 2016 BCSC 28 

Korody v. Canada, 2015 FC 1398  

Public Inquiry

Co-lead for Canada before the Public Order Emergency Commission; Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency, February 2023