Richard Margetts

Richard Margetts was appointed to the Board on July 31, 2020.  He joined on the Board Finance Committee in 2021.  Richard has practiced law in Victoria since 1981. He is married and has three grown children.  He is a Life Bencher of the Law Society, having served on many of its standing committees and as the Society’s President in 2001.  Richard is a past member of the BC Justice Review Task Force.  He has been active in the Canadian Bar Association, is a past president of the Canadian Legal Information Institute.  He has been a member of the Civil Justice Reform Working Group.  Richard has published articles involving matters of legal professional development, and participated, as a guest lecturer for the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC. Richard is a past Chair of the Vancouver Island Road Relay.  He currently sits as a member of the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board.  He spends much of his free time reading and pursuing some of his more diverse hobbies - beekeeping and glasswork.