About David

Hughes practises First Nations and Aboriginal law, business, corporate and commercial law, and employment law, and has extensive experience advising First Nation governments across British Columbia on land claims, governance and employment matters. He holds an LL.M. with Distinction from the University of Southampton, where he won the School Prize for Best LL.M. Dissertation, and a J.D. from the University of Toronto, where he received the Gowlings Prize in Trial Advocacy and the McRuer Scholarship in Administrative Law. He serves as a Governor of the Law Foundation of British Columbia and as a Director of the Kamloops Food Bank.

Practice areas

Indigenous Law Business & Corporate Law Employment & Labour Law

Education & credentials

Law school
University of Toronto
Undergraduate
University of British Columbia, MA and BA (Hons.)
Other degrees
LL.M. with Distinction, University of Southampton

Listing compiled from public sources in July 2026. Confirm David Hughes’s licence and standing in the Law Society of British Columbia directory ↗