Bruce Hallsor

hallsor@creaseharman.com
(250) 388-5421

Professional Associations and Activities:

Bruce is the past President of the Victoria Bar Association, is Chairman of the Wills and Trusts Subsection and has been a treasurer of the Administrative Law Subsection. He has been elected to the executive of the National Wills and Trust Section of the Candian Bar Association. He is an editor of the Canadian Bar Association's dial-a-law programme on Mortgages and Foreclosures. Bruce has also represented British Columbia at the National Wills and Trusts Meeting. Prior to being called to the Bar, Mr. Hallsor was a Research Director, Legislative Analyst, and a Ministerial Assistant in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Community Activities:

Bruce Hallsor has been appointed by the Provincial Government to serve on the Provincial Child Care Council, and the City of Victoria Board of Variance. He has been appointed Saanich Council to serve on the Saanich Arts Advisory Committee. He is also Chairman of the Victoria Branch of the Monarchist League of Canada, and until the end of this year is the National Vice-President of Fair Vote Canada, a non-partisan association that looks into electoral issues. Bruce Hallsor is a former member of the B.C. Chief Electoral Officer's Advisory Committee, and he has a long history of political involvement including standing for election to Parliament in the 2000 federal election. Bruce is also on the Board of Workstreams, a non-profit society that trains chronically unemployed people and assists them with job placement. Bruce has also been a cub leader, chair of two strata corporations, and a director of a summer camp for underprivileged youth.

Education:

University of Victoria LL.B. 1995
University of British Columbia B.A. (History) 1989
B.C. Legislature Legislative Internship Programme 1990
University of Western Ontario French Immersion Programme 1989

Practice Areas:

Administrative Law
Corporate and Business Law
Electoral and Parliamentary Law
Employment Law
Insurance Litigation
Municipal Law
Real Estate and Mortgages
Tax Litigation and Planning
Wills and Trusts