Premier David Eby will not have to field questions from the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. ahead of a trial that challenges new provincial legislation governing the legal industry, according to the province’s top judge.
B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Skolrood ruled Tuesday that “good law” is behind the government’s assertion their top minister ought not to be compelled to submit to discovery.
The association had argued before the court that Eby, a lawyer before his political career, understands the fundamentals behind the Legal Professions Act since he was B.C.’s attorney general before becoming premier in November 2022.
The association pointed out that an underlying procedural principle is that the court
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