P. G. Kent is a senior litigation lawyer at KSW Lawyers. He is a barrister with a wide ranging litigation practice, covering everything from contractual and tort litigation to corporate disputes, legal bill disputes, lawyer negligence claims, and white-collar criminal defence. Mr. Kent has successfully sued the police agencies for excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment and for personal injuries. Mr. Kent has particular expertise in Legal Profession Act fee disputes between clients and lawyers and has successfully argued and negotiated cases resulting in the substantial reduction of legal bills to clients of law firms. He has also successfully acted for law firms in disputes with clients about legal fees.

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With more than thirty-six years of litigation experience, Mr. Kent has conducted more than 130 trials and hearings and made countless appearances in Supreme Court Chambers. Mr. Kent has appeared as counsel throughout British Columbia, and has also appeared before the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Alberta Provincial Court, the B. C. Police Commission, the B. C. Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, and the B.C. Labour Relations Board. Mr. Kent has travelled widely to represent his clients’ interests, including to such diverse locations as London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Moscow, Prague, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore.

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Mr. Kent is the former President of the Surrey Bar Association, having served two consecutive terms - in 2025 and again in 2026. Mr. Kent is a member of the British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association (TLABC) where he serves on the  Criminal Defence subcommittee and has co-chaired TLABC’s annual Criminal Law Conference for the past two years. He also sits on the Board of the Criminal Defence Advocacy Society (CDAS), and in 2026 hosted  CDAS’s inaugural Forensic Psychiatric Cross-Examination Seminar in conjunction with UBC’s Department of Psychiatry.

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Mr. Kent is a former Governor and Executive member of the British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association.  He is one of only two Canadian lawyers invited to membership in the United States First Amendment Lawyers Association. Mr. Kent formerly served as an elected member of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Provincial Council and sat as a member of the CBA Judicial Advisory Committee. For over twenty-five years, he has been a guest lecturer and instructor for the Law Society of British Columbia Bar Admission program, presenting on the subjects of criminal law and the art of cross-examination. He has also presented on expert cross-examination to the TLABC.

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Mr. Kent was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1990, completed the Inns of Court Program, and subsequently studied in the U.K. at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, obtaining his qualifications and admission to practice as a Solicitor with the Law Society of England and Wales and as a Barrister Temporaris with Gray’s Inn, London.

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Outside of the office, Mr. Kent can be found Muay Thai training, pursuing his interest in oenology, or supporting his local Vancouver Polo Club.

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