For expropriating authorities such as municipal governments, health regions, school districts and other land developers, we have considerable experience advising on all aspects of expropriation law. Our services include the option of providing a turn/key approach to expropriations, including the drafting of staff reports, by-laws, resolutions, notices, pleadings, counsel representation before the statutory boards and courts, as well as provision of budgeting for all aspects of the land acquisition program and management and direction of all professional and expert services.
Over the past decade, our Expropriation Law Group has developed a particular emphasis in acting for municipalities in expropriation matters, although we have acted in expropriation cases for some municipalities for over 25 continuous years. Through the growth of our practice group and our focus on municipal mandates, we believe that we have the largest expropriation practice in the province acting for municipalities. Every lawyer in our Expropriation Law Group has acted for municipalities in expropriation matters from the outset of their careers at BLG.
While expropriation law is the core practice area of our group, members of our group enhance their expertise by practising in a variety of closely related fields of law, such as planning and development, real estate (both litigation and transactions), environmental law, municipal finance and taxation, and lease arbitrations.