About
John Cliffe has practiced law continuously since 1977, initially in private practice, in public practice as Crown Counsel employed by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) and now as a founding partner of Cliffe Tobias. Though Vancouver has always been his home, and his Bachelor degrees in Commerce (B.Comm) and Law (LLB/JD) are from the University of British Columbia, John’s experience as a criminal lawyer has taken him across Canada, the United States and Mexico. He is called to the Bars of British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories, and actively practices in these jurisdictions. He has also practiced in Nunavut. John has handled numerous cases of varying degrees of complexity and profile under theControlled Drugs and Substances Actand theCriminal Code. He also has a particular interest and expertise in regulatory prosecutions covering matters such as environmental protection, natural resources, occupational health and safety, consumer protection and transportation safety.