Brandon Hastings

About Brandon Hastings

Brandon Hastings is a Vancouver lawyer and mediator whose personal site sits alongside a day-to-day practice as a partner at Northpoint Legal LLP, working from the same Beatty Street office in the city's downtown core. Hastings holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Laws from Cornell University, where the program awarded a 4.11 GPA and a CALI Excellence for the Future Award. Called to the British Columbia bar in 2015, Hastings now practices civil and family litigation, appellate advocacy, business disputes, and estate matters.

The practice isn't limited to full representation; the site offers unbundled services, letting clients choose anything from one-time coaching to complete case handling. Hastings has argued precedent-setting appeals at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, including rulings on spousal support and on how excluded funds are treated once placed into jointly held property, and also works as a mediator and Family Law Mediator on Mediate BC's civil roster. Beyond the caseload, Hastings teaches for the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, writes a recurring column for the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch's BarTalk magazine, and co-founded Vancouver Legal Hackers and The Justice Hack, two practitioner groups built around access-to-justice technology.