Gordon A. Fulton, Q.C.

Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver, CANADA

Law Practice
Gordon Fulton's practice is litigation focussed, primarily in the areas of the regulation of public utilities, complex commercial litigation and estate litigation.

He is counsel to the provincial public utilities regulator and has acted as commission counsel on a wide variety of matters from tariffs to the proposed disposition of utility assets to the construction of major energy projects including the Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline and the Southern Crossing Pipeline and the Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project.

Gordon has substantial trial experience in cases involving the interpretation of contracts, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment.  He has successfully defended a claim for unjust enrichment brought by a Formula 1 Team and settled another case involving personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by a world cup skier.  He also has considerable experience in trying a case where much of the evidence was in Japanese.

In the area of estate litigation, his experience includes acting as trial and appellate counsel in cases involving the variation of wills and trusts and the interpretation of testamentary and trust documents.  He acted as counsel for the Public Guardian and Trustee in the two leading cases involving the interpretation of a section of the Patient's Property Act.

Professional and Other Activities
Gordon is a Director, Founder and past Chair of the Coquitlam Foundation.  He has also been Chair of the Festival Coquitlam Society, a Director of the ARC Arts Coucil, a founder and Chair of Coquitlam's FACES of the World Arts and Cultural Festival, and Chair of the Coquitlam Public Library.  He is a recipient of the BC Library Trustees Association Super Trustee award.  He has also received the Canada 125 Medal and the Queen's Jubilee Medal for volunteerism.