STEVEN M. KELLIHER*
B.A., LL.B.
sk@kelliher-turner.com
Steven Kelliher has been a leading courtroom lawyer (both criminal and civil) for the past 35 years. He was lead counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of R. v. I (LR.) and T. (E), 1993 4 SCR, 504, which resulted in an acquittal from a trial conviction on second degree murder. The SCC refers to this case as the leading case in Canada on ‘derived confessions’. He has been lead counsel in more than 100 other reported cases. He was an invited Instructor at the International Criminal Courts' initial training seminar on the topic of cross-examination. Mr. Kelliher was an Invited Instructor at the International Criminal Bar Training Session in Victoria, BC and Meknes, Morocco on criminal procedures and cross-examination; He was an invited presenter at a recent Canadian Bar Association Seminar on cross-examination. He has been a Guest Speaker at the University of Victoria (Ethics and Criminal Law). He is the Former Vice-President of the International Criminal Bar.
Mr. Kelliher has appeared as Counsel for the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner on numerous public hearings, appeared as Counsel for the family of Frank Paul and for the First Nations Leadership Council of the Province of British Columbia on the Frank Paul Inquiry, appeared for the Aboriginal Aqua-cultural Association at the Cohen Commission Inquiry, appeared as Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and is on the List of Counsel permitted to practice before the International Criminal Court. He was lead negotiator for the Homalco First Nation in reaching an Impact Benefit Agreement with Plutonic/Alterra Power Corporation for the development of 17 run-of-river hydro-electric projects, He is also lead counsel on two Aboriginal Title cases currently before the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Mr. Kelliher has worked with the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories on issues of Indigenous governance. Mr. Kelliher co-authored the ‘Philosophy of the Development of Local Government in the Northwest Territories’ tabled before the Legislature of the Northwest Territories.
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Mr. Kelliher has appeared as Counsel for the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner on numerous public hearings, appeared as Counsel for the family of Frank Paul and for the First Nations Leadership Council of the Province of British Columbia on the Frank Paul Inquiry, appeared for the Aboriginal Aqua-cultural Association at the Cohen Commission Inquiry, appeared as Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and is on the List of Counsel permitted to practice before the International Criminal Court. He was lead negotiator for the Homalco First Nation in reaching an Impact Benefit Agreement with Plutonic/Alterra Power Corporation for the development of 17 run-of-river hydro-electric projects, He is also lead counsel on two Aboriginal Title cases currently before the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Mr. Kelliher has worked with the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories on issues of Indigenous governance. Mr. Kelliher co-authored the ‘Philosophy of the Development of Local Government in the Northwest Territories’ tabled before the Legislature of the Northwest Territories.
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DIANE I. TURNER, Q.C.
B.A., B.Ed., LL.B., LL.M.
dturner@kelliher-turner.com
Diane Turner was called to the Bar in 1983 and obtained a Masters of law at King’s College, London in 1986. She worked for a decade as a Crown prosecutor and policy lawyer in the Criminal Justice Branch. She entered private practice in 1996, in the field of residential real estate. In 1997 she began her current personal injury practice and has represented dozens of clients in civil proceedings who have been sexually assaulted and traumatized, including some of the most severely violated, who spent countless years in Canadian Indian Residential Schools. She also acted as counsel for an association of victim serving agencies, in a lengthy Coroner’s Inquest in 2008/2009 involving the deaths of five family members in Oak Bay. Her efforts in that case, as well as a paper she co-authored, “Keeping Women Safe – April 2008” helped spur improvements to the justice system response to domestic violence. She continues working in the realm of victim’s advocacy as a member of the BC Community Coordination for Women’s Safety Committee.
Diane has volunteered on Canadian Bar Association BC branch and various BC Law Society Committees, including the Discipline Committee. She was appointed as the Law Society representative to the Provincial Judicial Council, on which she participated for 4 years. In 2006 Diane was placed on the list of counsel entitled to practice before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and was active in the International Criminal Bar (ICB), including representation of the ICB at the ICC roundtable NGO meetings held bi-annually, She taught as an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University in 2006 - 2013 and has taught international criminal law, evidence, ethics and advocacy courses at the Hague University, in the Netherlands since 2011, in an international law program.
Diane was elected for a 4 year term as one of the two permanent members of the Disciplinary Board of the ICC and completed her term as its Chair in October 2017. She also co-authored a paper on the Child Apprehension system in BC (Victorian Bar Initiative) and is working collaboratively with members of the Victoria Bar and others to improve the deficiencies in the law of child protection, particularly in respect of First Nations children. The paper may be accessed by clicking this link.
Diane received a Queen’s Counsel designation by the Attorney General of British Columbia in December 2011.
Diane has volunteered on Canadian Bar Association BC branch and various BC Law Society Committees, including the Discipline Committee. She was appointed as the Law Society representative to the Provincial Judicial Council, on which she participated for 4 years. In 2006 Diane was placed on the list of counsel entitled to practice before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and was active in the International Criminal Bar (ICB), including representation of the ICB at the ICC roundtable NGO meetings held bi-annually, She taught as an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University in 2006 - 2013 and has taught international criminal law, evidence, ethics and advocacy courses at the Hague University, in the Netherlands since 2011, in an international law program.
Diane was elected for a 4 year term as one of the two permanent members of the Disciplinary Board of the ICC and completed her term as its Chair in October 2017. She also co-authored a paper on the Child Apprehension system in BC (Victorian Bar Initiative) and is working collaboratively with members of the Victoria Bar and others to improve the deficiencies in the law of child protection, particularly in respect of First Nations children. The paper may be accessed by clicking this link.
Diane received a Queen’s Counsel designation by the Attorney General of British Columbia in December 2011.
