Our team is often at the forefront of provincial and national matters of interest. You can find some of our media interviews, as well as our thoughts about our cases and other legal issues, here.
Rice Harbut Elliott is proud to advise that John Rice, Jon Harbut and Michael Elliott have all been recognized by their legal peers as recipients of the Best Lawyers in Canada designation in the field of personal injury litigation.
Thomson Rogers, Rice Harbut Elliott LLP and Sotos LLP are working together on a national class action on behalf of all persons in Canada who used a Philips CPAP machine, BIPAP machine or mechanical ventilator which are currently subject to a recall by the company (please see below for complete list of the affected devices). […]
RHE proudly congratulates partner John Rice for once again being voted by his legal peers as one of the best lawyers in Canada in the field of personal injury litigation.
Read John Rice’s interview with the CBC on how the COVID-19 court closures have impacted access to justice and how the government needs to implement with urgency technological and infrastructural upgrades to allow for more court proceedings to be conducted online, thereby reducing costs, improving efficiency, and granting better access to the justice system. Read […]
The NDP government has explicitly broke their promise respecting the rights of British Columbians to access the courts. Read about David Eby’s proposed changes to ICBC, about how the new system will reward bad drivers and unduly burden the most vulnerable, and about how these changes will only serve to make ICBC bigger and more […]
Hear John Rice interviewed on behalf of the Trial Lawyers Association with regard to the huge increase in Supreme Court of BC trials be adjourned because of cases pushed to trial by unreasonably low settlement offers by ICBC. Listen here.
Canadian Lawyer magazine interviews RHE partner John Rice about landmark ruling involving our client Gregory Crowder and the Court’s determination that the Attorney General’s expert report limits for all injury cases – even catastrophic claims- were “unconstitutional.” See the full article here.
David Eby thinks online insurance renewal is problematic (even though it is commonplace in other jurisdictions). Liberal ICBC critic Jas Johal feels Eby missed a chance to reduce broker fees and has been too focused on unsuccessfully challenging the rights of British Columbians in court. See The Provinces full article here.
Read about the class action lawsuit alleging that Allergan failed to fully disclose the risks associated with their breast implants, including a type of cancer. Read CBC’s full article here.
“Eby’s role as attorney general is to protect the individual rights of British Columbians. But he continues to constrain the legal rights of injured British Columbians to contain costs for ICBC,” writes the B.C. Liberals’ justice critic Read The Province’s full article here.
