Brent Meckling
Associate Counsel| Phone | 250-541-4332 |
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Practice Emphasis
Brent is a senior litigator with over 30 years of experience bringing and responding to claims related to shareholder and partnership disputes, commercial contracts, real estate development, construction and contaminated sites. He works closely with his clients to develop astute and effective legal strategies, tailored to their specific needs and goals. Brent understands the stakes of litigation and its impact on reputation and commercial focus. Prior to joining Nixon Wenger, Brent was a partner in a large full service Vancouver law firm.
He has acted as trial and appellate counsel in a range of business disputes and regulatory proceedings on behalf of entrepreneurs, corporations, and institutional clients. He is listed as a leading corporate and commercial litigator in The Best Lawyers in Canada since 2019. Brent also has significant experience using the tools of confidential mediation and arbitration to resolve contested matters.
Practice Areas
Litigation Services
- Real Estate and construction disputes
- Contaminated sites
- Shareholder and partnership disputes
- Breach of commercial contracts
- Injunctions
- Alternate dispute resolution
Education and Interests
Education
- Called to the British Columbia Bar, 1992
- University of British Columbia, L.L.B., 1991
- University of Calgary, B.Comm, finance major, 1988
Professional and Civic Interests
- Best Lawyers in Canada, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2019-2024
- Canadian Bar Association, member
- Canadian Bar Association of British Columbia, member
- Law Society of British Columbia, member
External Presentations & Publications
- Five key benefits of including an arbitration clause to your agreements, author, Law360 Canada, March 30, 2023
- Application of Force Majeure Clauses During a Pandemic, presenter, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, April 21, 2020
- Contract Performance, presenter, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, April 6, 2020
- 5 Tips for Handling Commercial Leases and Contracts During COVID-19 and Beyond, speaker, BCBusiness, April 1, 2020
- Show Your Work, author, Canadian Bar Association of British Columbia’s Bar Talk magazine, December 2018
- Environmental Disputes chapters, author, British Columbia Business Disputes Manual, published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
- Responsible Person Status Under the Environmental Management Act, guest speaker, Pacific Legal & Business Institute’s Contaminated Sites in British Columbia
- Various presentations for the Canadian Bar Association’s national Environmental section
Recent Decisions
Arbitration Decision
In a recent lengthy and complex confidential arbitration of significant financial disputes arising from a joint venture agreement respecting the development of the Kitimat LNG project and Prince Rupert Harbour, Brent obtained a multimillion dollar award in favour of the claimants for the respondent’s breach of the JV agreement and fiduciary duties as managing partner.
Zheng v. Anderson Square Holdings Ltd.
2022 BCSC 801 Over 35 plaintiffs brought a complex action against the defendant developer, Anderson Square, and its directors, for wrongful termination of their pre-sale agreements to purchase condominiums in a luxury 110 unit residential strata building in Richmond BC. Prior to trial, the plaintiffs sought a “Mareva” injunction freezing the assets of Anderson Square […]
