AMLC’s Greg Allen will be presenting at the CLEBC’s Commercial Litigation on November 28, 2023

Come hear AMLC’s Greg Allen speak about summary trials and the benefits of using hybrid summary trial procedures in commercial litigation.

For more details and to register click here.

Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel ranked by The Legal 500 Canada.

Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel has been ranked as an Elite Boutique firm for dispute resolution in British Columbia in this year’s edition of The Legal 500 Canada. In addition, Wes and Greg have been recognized as Leading Individuals for dispute resolution in British Columbia.

The Legal 500 has also included testimonials about AMLC on its website, including: “[t]he lawyers are responsive and develop creative solutions to issues. An excellent team, with great leadership and a commitment to changing the practice of law to be more diverse and welcoming”.

We are proud of our team for achieving this recognition and extend congratulations to all the other firms and individuals recognized on this list.  

The Legal 500 is the world’s largest legal referral guide with over 6 million visitors globally. More details about this year’s rankings can be found here.

Allen / McMillan Litigation Counsel is pleased to share that we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Law Firms for 2024 by The Globe and Mail and Statista

This is the third year The Globe and Mail has completed this report in partnership with Statista, and it will be featured in the December 2023 edition of Business Magazine. The aim of the report is to determine which law firms in Canada are held in the highest esteem by their colleagues. The award is based on over 10,000 recommendations collected from peers and clients.

Emma Successfully Defends Wrongful Dismissal Claim

Emma successfully defended a claim for wrongful dismissal and bad faith termination.  Emma’s client was the defendant, a person with severe disabilities who employed the claimant as a personal caregiver.  

Emma successfully argued that her client had just cause to terminate the claimant’s employment, because the claimant had, on multiple occasions, failed to respond for several hours when her client called during the night for urgent assistance. These breaches had led to adverse health effects for her client. Emma skillfully argued that since highly vulnerable disabled adults are fully dependent on their caregivers,  it is a basic duty of the personal caregiver to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the person they are caring for.

The judge agreed that the claimant’s failure to fulfill this basic duty repudiated her contract of employment. Accordingly, she was dismissed for just cause and no warning was needed before termination.  

Emma also successfully argued that the termination was in good faith and that her client had communicated the termination as respectfully as possible given her disabilities.

In the result, the claimant’s claims were dismissed in their entirety.  

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Emma and AMLC’s lawyers contribute hundreds of hours to pro bono work, striving to help promote access to justice. For more information on this case please contact Emma at ecoffin@amlc.ca.

Meet Alex Mok

AMLC is pleased to announce that Alex Mok has joined our team.

Alex recently moved to Canada and finished his Master of Laws at the Allard School of Law. He has eight years of experience as a lawyer with various global law firms in Hong Kong. During that time, he maintained a broad practice of civil and commercial disputes. Alex speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin. He will article with us for four months before he is called to the British Columbia bar.

We are excited to welcome Alex to the firm!

Joel V. Payne is joining AMLC as Counsel

AMLC is pleased to announce that Joel V. Payne is joining AMLC as Counsel. He is an experienced trial and appeals lawyer who most recently ran his own firm for five years. He has represented clients in every level of court in Canada, and comes with a wealth of knowledge on complex corporate/commercial litigation, property and contract disputes. Joel also has a deliberately tech-forward and modern approach to his practice, which we are excited to continue building at AMLC.

​We are thrilled to have Joel join the team!