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Darren Haines | Ratcliff LLP

Darren Haines

Associate
604-983-7622

Assistant: Tyler Frankum

Education

  • B.Comm. – Royal Roads University, 2006
  • J.D. – Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2016

Year Of Call

  • British Columbia, 2017

Awards & Accolades

  • Arthur Close, QC Prize in Advanced Legal Research, 2016
  • J.S.D. Tory Prize for Advocacy, 2015
  • Joseph Atkinson Storrow & Caroline Mary Storrow Memorial Scholarship in Law, 2014 – 2015

Interview on CBC As It Happens about BC Court of Appeal decision on private medical records, April 2023 (at 47:30)

Darren advises First Nation governments, businesses, individuals and institutions on issues ranging from negotiation and implementation of agreements with the Crown to governance matters, real estate development, commercial transactions, and estate administration.

He enhances his practice with applied knowledge of corporate public affairs, social finance, and small business management, including experience in strategic communications, grants programs, and lending.

Darren is Metis with family belonging to the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement in Treaty 8 territory. Outside of law, he enjoys cycling, exploring the backcountry, and spending time with his partner and young daughter.

  • Part of a Ratcliff team representing Blueberry River First Nations in the development and negotiation of the The Blueberry River First Nations Implementation Agreement
  • Author & Presenter, “Implementing the Blueberry River First Nations Decision,” The Impact of UNDRIP on Resource Development Projects – Pacific Business and Law Institute, April 2023

Darren advises First Nation governments, businesses, individuals and institutions on issues ranging from negotiation and implementation of agreements with the Crown to governance matters, real estate development, commercial transactions, and estate administration.

He enhances his practice with applied knowledge of corporate public affairs, social finance, and small business management, including experience in strategic communications, grants programs, and lending.

Darren is Metis with family belonging to the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement in Treaty 8 territory. Outside of law, he enjoys cycling, exploring the backcountry, and spending time with his partner and young daughter.

  • Part of a Ratcliff team representing Blueberry River First Nations in the development and negotiation of the The Blueberry River First Nations Implementation Agreement
  • Author & Presenter, “Implementing the Blueberry River First Nations Decision,” The Impact of UNDRIP on Resource Development Projects – Pacific Business and Law Institute, April 2023

Awards & Accolades

  • Arthur Close, QC Prize in Advanced Legal Research, 2016
  • J.S.D. Tory Prize for Advocacy, 2015
  • Joseph Atkinson Storrow & Caroline Mary Storrow Memorial Scholarship in Law, 2014 – 2015

Year Of Call

  • British Columbia, 2017

Education

  • B.Comm. – Royal Roads University, 2006
  • J.D. – Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2016