His work with Alfred Bull, who was affectionately (I trust) known as "Bully", exposed Harvey to a wide range of litigation experience and the odd acerbic comment from the Court of Appeal ("Your argument, Mr. Bull, sounds like a little Bull and a lot of Bowering"). Among their more notorious cases in the late 1950s were the lengthy criminal and civil proceedings arising out of the tribulations of Robert Summers, the minister of lands and forests accused and convicted of accepting bribes. Harvey assisted Alfred Bull in representing Summers on the civil side, while on the criminal side they defended Charlie Schultz, a forestry engineer who was charged along with the minister…
For more, read Profile of Harvey Bowering from The Advocate, 73 (2015).