Charlotte maintains a broad civil litigation and public law practice. Her experience includes constitutional and human rights law, administrative law including judicial review, Indigenous law and governance matters, environmental and regulatory law, as well as employment and commercial disputes. She has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia, the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and in a range of investigations and commissions of inquiry.
In addition to her Canadian practice, Charlotte acts in matters before international bodies, including United Nations treaty bodies and special procedures such as the UN Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, as well as before regional human rights mechanisms including the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights.
Charlotte has a particular academic and professional interest in sustainable Arctic development and has written and presented on the circumpolar implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Education
- MSc International Human Rights Law (with distinction), University of Oxford – 2025
- LLM Common Law (First Class Standing), University of British Columbia – 2018
- LLB (First Class Honors), University of Bristol – 2016
Reported Decisions
- Cowichan Tribes v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1490
- British Columbia v Pro Doc Limitee, 2023 BCSC 662
- British Columbia v Apotex Inc., 2022 BCSC 2147
- Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. Rainforest Flying Squad, 2022 BCCA 26
- Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. Rainforest Flying Squad, 2021 BCCA 387
- Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v Rainforest Flying Squad, 2021 BCSC 1903
- Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. Mashari, 2021 BCCA 353
Publications
- Author: “BC Civil Litigation Checklist”, Thomson Reuters (Westlaw) – 2024
- Producer and Speaker: “Herders Under Pressure: climate, mining and justice in Samiland”, University of Oxford Polar Forum – 2023
*Practicing through the Charlotte D. Chamberlain Law Corporation*