Mark Oulton is leading counsel at the bar, with extensive trial, hearing and appellate experience in court, arbitration and before administrative tribunals in a range of commercial and administrative law contexts, with a particular focus on forestry related matters. Head of the forestry practice at Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, he appears regularly before the Forest Appeals Commission, the British Columbia courts, the Supreme Court of Canada, and in arbitrations and mediations. Oulton is recognized as a leading practitioner of forestry law in British Columbia and Canada by Lexpert, Best Lawyers and Chambers Canada. His commercial practice includes negligence, natural resource, fiduciary duty, shareholder, contract, and real property disputes. Oulton is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (BSc), York University (MES), and Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB). He regularly contributes to continuing education, the Canadian Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society. Oulton is also one of two expert annotators in forestry law for the Quickscribe online service. He is the former chair of the Arbitration and Mediation Advocacy Practice Group of The Advocates Society and the lead author of the Civil Procedure-Court Rules chapter of CLE BC’s Annual Review of Law & Practice.
