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Chair
Civil Resolution Tribunal of BC
Simmi K. Sandhu is Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal of BC effective August 15, 2022.
She is also currently a Judge of the United Nations Appeal Tribunal having been appointed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2018.
She is trained as a lawyer and was called to the BC Bar in 1990. Her areas of private practice included administrative law, civil litigation, corporate/commercial law and real estate transactions.
In addition, she has extensive experience in quasi-judicial proceedings, having acted as a chairperson of the Board of Referees for over six years. She also has training and experience in conflict resolution and mediation. Prior to the CRT, she was appointed Chair and CEO of the Property Assessment Appeal Board from 2015 to 2022, having been Vice Chair of the Board from 2001-2015. She was also Vice Chair of the Surface Rights Board until 2021.
Simmi was past President and Director of the British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT) and is currently an instructor for BCCAT. She has instructed many adjudicators on administrative law, hearing skills and decision writing, including the Benchers of the Law Societies of BC and Alberta, as well as members of the Civil Resolution Tribunal, BC Utilities Commission, Simon Fraser University, et al.
In 2014, Simmi was awarded BCCAT’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Administrative Tribunal Community. She also served as a member of the Canadian Bar Association’s (BC Branch) Equality and Diversity Committee.
She is also currently a Judge of the United Nations Appeal Tribunal having been appointed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2018.
She is trained as a lawyer and was called to the BC Bar in 1990. Her areas of private practice included administrative law, civil litigation, corporate/commercial law and real estate transactions.
In addition, she has extensive experience in quasi-judicial proceedings, having acted as a chairperson of the Board of Referees for over six years. She also has training and experience in conflict resolution and mediation. Prior to the CRT, she was appointed Chair and CEO of the Property Assessment Appeal Board from 2015 to 2022, having been Vice Chair of the Board from 2001-2015. She was also Vice Chair of the Surface Rights Board until 2021.
Simmi was past President and Director of the British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT) and is currently an instructor for BCCAT. She has instructed many adjudicators on administrative law, hearing skills and decision writing, including the Benchers of the Law Societies of BC and Alberta, as well as members of the Civil Resolution Tribunal, BC Utilities Commission, Simon Fraser University, et al.
In 2014, Simmi was awarded BCCAT’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Administrative Tribunal Community. She also served as a member of the Canadian Bar Association’s (BC Branch) Equality and Diversity Committee.
