Andrew Gay, QC is a partner at Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP where he practices litigation with an emphasis on government liability, regulatory disputes, professional discipline, commercial litigation, and tort litigation. He is also an expert in the area of judicial review of administrative decisions.
For eight years, Mr. Gay was involved with the Allard School of Law as an Adjunct Professor, teaching an upper-year seminar on government liability—an idea that was first suggested by then-government lawyer and now-British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Karen Horsman.
“Karen had the idea that it would benefit students and the profession if there was a course at the law school that taught students about the Crown and about litigating against the Crown because, in her experience as a government lawyer, there were many instances where both litigants and counsel were unaware of the unique legal issues that arise when suing government”, he said. “She asked me if I would co-teach with her and I agreed.”
For the past five years Mr. Gay has been a guest lecturer to the UBC Innocence Project at the Allard School of Law, delivering an annual talk on the use and drafting of affidavits.
Mr. Gay graduated with an LLB from Osgoode Hall in 1996. He also holds a Master of Environmental Studies from York University and was designated Queen’s Counsel in 2016.
He has been involved in a number of significant cases including R v Sharpe (SCC); British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Provincial Court Judges’ Association of British Columbia (SCC); and J.P. et al. v. The Director of Child, Family and Community Services and Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia (BCCA).
He has served on the Civil Resolution Tribunal, co-Chaired the Administrative Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. Branch and has been a regular contributor to programs of the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C.