Richard Peck (lawyer)

Peck, KC (born 1948[1]) is a British Columbia lawyer who has been counsel in many significant criminal cases at all judicial levels including the Supreme Court of Canada and has been appointed by provincial governments to serve as a special prosecutor.

Peck served as a member of the Attorney General's Task Force on Public Legal Services in British Columbia in 1984 and as Special Counsel to B.C.

In 2005, he successfully represented accused Air India bombing suspect Ajaib Singh Bagri.

In 2008 and 2009, Peck was retained by the City of Vancouver to review the city's policies and procedures relating to the handling of confidential information following a leak to media prior to the 2008 municipal election regarding a $100 million loan to the builder of the Olympic Village[4] In 2009, Peck represented lawyer Martin Wirick who was sentenced to seven years in prison for perpetrating what media described as the largest legal fraud in Canadian history.

[6] In 2021, he represented Doug McCallum in his public mischief case, which resulted in a not guilty verdict in November 2022.