Practice Areas
Education
- JD, University of Ottawa (2022)
- BA, Carleton University (2018)
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, 2023
Jared Cummings is a Vancouver-based lawyer with a broad civil litigation practice. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation, construction disputes, and tort. He also assists clients in appeals, judicial review, defamation, and sports law matters.
Jared has represented clients before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and various administrative tribunals. He is a thoughtful, creative, and tenacious advocate. Jared embraces the challenge of deciphering complex issues and explaining them clearly to clients and judges.
Before joining Eyford Partners, Jared completed his articles at a leading national law firm. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science, with distinction, from Carleton University. During law school, Jared served as a case worker with Community Legal Services of Ottawa and a peer mentor with the Legal Writing Academy. Before law school, he worked as an English teacher in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Jared spends his free time golfing, skiing, and playing hockey.
Notable Cases
Associations
Paull v. Quesnel (City), 2025 BCSC 347
Counsel for the Mayor of Quesnel on successful petition quashing council’s decision to censure and sanction him. Council breached procedural fairness by not allowing the Mayor a fair chance to respond to allegations made against him, including that he promoted a controversial book.
Wall v. The Kettle Friendship Society, 2024 BCSC 1417.
Counsel for disabled tenant on successful petition for judicial review of Residential Tenancy Branch decision granting order of possession to landlord over rent arrears of $45. Supreme Court of British Columbia found RTB’s decision was patently unreasonable and set it aside. View the CBC article.
Mazzei v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2023 BCCA 367.
Counsel for successful respondents in application for leave to appeal arbitration award pursuant to s. 59 of the Arbitration Act, S.B.C. 2020, c. 2. The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed the application because the applicant failed to identify a question of law arising out of the arbitral award.
- Executive, Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver Section: Civil Litigation
- Member, Law Society of British Columbia
- Member, The Advocates’ Society
- Volunteer, Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia
