Save the date! Registration for this free webinar opens January 2, 2025, and registration is required for PIBC Members and Non-Members. Registration ends 4 PM, January 13, 2025

To start the year right, PIBC is pleased to host the second annual ‘Ask a Lawyer’ webinar as part of the Peer Learning Network. This will be a busy year as local governments in British Columbia must complete the review and update of their Official Community Plans and zoning bylaws by December 2025. The panel of legal experts will answer your general questions about proactive planning and other provincial housing legislative requirements.

For questions that are specific to a particular community or context, the lawyers will offer guidance on how the necessary information can be obtained and where obtaining a specific legal opinion would be advisable.

The panelists will be Alison Espetveidt (Lidstone), Pam Jefcoat (Civic Legal), Michael Moll (Civic Legal), and Guy Patterson (Young Anderson). Please see below for more information on our panelists. 

Please submit up to two questions during registration so that the questions can be distributed to the speakers in advance.

For more information about the Peer Learning Network, please visit pibc.bc.ca/pln

Questions about the Peer Learning Network? Please email peerlearning@pibc.bc.ca

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Our Panelists

Alison Espetveidt
Lidstone & Company
Alison is a municipal lawyer with Lidstone & Company who is licenced in Alberta and British Columbia. With 15 years of experience, she advises and advocates for municipal clients on a wide range of issues, including land use planning and development.

Pam Jefcoat
Civic Legal LLP
Pam is the managing partner of Civic Legal LLP and has over 24 years of experience in local government and commercial real estate law. Pam provides advice on a wide variety of local government matters, with a focus on land use planning and development.

Michael Moll
Civic Legal LLP
Michael is a partner with Civic Legal LLP and has over 15 years of experience advising and representing local governments. He maintains a mixed practice of both litigation and solicitor work with a particular focus on land use, development, local government finance and bylaw regulation and enforcement.

Guy Patterson RPP, MCIP
Young Anderson
Guy is a partner with Young Anderson and is a registered professional planner and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. He maintains a general practice in municipal law with a focus on planning and land use management, and subdivision regulation.