Allison Tremblay*
Partner
Assistant Caitlin Atkinson
*Allison provides legal service through Allison N. Tremblay Professional Law Corporation.
Allison Tremblay (she/her) is a partner at Victory Square Law Office.
She represents clients in labour, employment, and human rights matters before the BC Labour Relations Board, collective agreement arbitrators, human rights and other administrative tribunals, mediators and the BC and Federal Courts. She has particular interest in assisting persons who have been denied security clearances and those who have faced harassment in the workplace. Allison also provides advice to trustees on legal issues arising in the administration of pension and benefits plans and pension and benefits litigation.
Allison completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Simon Fraser University with a major in Humanities and a minor in Philosophy. She spent a semester studying political science and literature in the Czech Republic. In 2009, she received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia. As part of her law degree, she was selected to spend a semester interning with the BC Provincial Court. At UBC Law, Allison was honoured to receive the Panvini Scholarship in Law, the Lawson Lundell Prize in Administrative Law and a number of awards and scholarships from the Law Foundation.
Allison has enjoyed choral music since childhood and currently sings with the acclaimed Elektra Women’s Choir.
Presentations / Seminars / Articles
- Allison regularly gives presentations to clients on workplace investigations, discipline, security clearances and benefits issues. She also teaches a portion of the Benefits course at the Canadian Labour Congress Winter School (Jan 14, 2021 most recently)
- Presenter, “Benefit Issues Impacting the LGBTQ Community” at International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, October 2020 Virtual Conference
- Author, “Benefit Issues Impacting the LGBTQ Community,” Plans and Trusts, International Foundation, Jan/Feb 2021
- Presenter, “Officer Freedom of Speech: Lessons from the Canadian context” at the SMILE Conference in Houston TX in May 2019
- Donor Profile, Westcoast LEAF newsletter, Winter 2019
Results (Arbitration / Tribunal / Court)
University of British Columbia v. Kelly, 2016 BCCA 271, 2016 CarswellBC 1735,
Craig acted as counsel for Dr. Kelly at the BC Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeal and appeal of the BC Human Rights Tribunal decision that the UBC Faculty of Medicine had discriminated against Dr. Kelly in failing to accommodate his ADHD and in requiring him to withdraw from the program. The HRT determined Dr. Kelly’s had $385,000 in wage loss and $75,000 in injury to dignity. The injury to dignity award was reduced on review to $30,000 but other aspects of the decision upheld. On appeal, the Court of Appeal accepted that the HRT was reasonable in its injury to dignity award and restored the original $75,000. Award. This decision remains the highest BCHRT injury to dignity award and Craig is regularly approached by other counsel to discuss the case and award and provide advice.
Education
- LLB, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2009
- BA, Simon Fraser University
Associations
- Member, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute
- Member, Employment Standards Tribunal, July 2018-July 2020
Bar Admissions
Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Human Rights Law
- Labour Law
- Pensions and Benefits Law
- Security Clearances
Bio
Allison Tremblay (she/her) is a partner at Victory Square Law Office.
She represents clients in labour, employment, and human rights matters before the BC Labour Relations Board, collective agreement arbitrators, human rights and other administrative tribunals, mediators and the BC and Federal Courts. She has particular interest in assisting persons who have been denied security clearances and those who have faced harassment in the workplace. Allison also provides advice to trustees on legal issues arising in the administration of pension and benefits plans and pension and benefits litigation.
Allison completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Simon Fraser University with a major in Humanities and a minor in Philosophy. She spent a semester studying political science and literature in the Czech Republic. In 2009, she received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia. As part of her law degree, she was selected to spend a semester interning with the BC Provincial Court. At UBC Law, Allison was honoured to receive the Panvini Scholarship in Law, the Lawson Lundell Prize in Administrative Law and a number of awards and scholarships from the Law Foundation.
Allison has enjoyed choral music since childhood and currently sings with the acclaimed Elektra Women’s Choir.
Presentations / Seminars / Articles
- Allison regularly gives presentations to clients on workplace investigations, discipline, security clearances and benefits issues. She also teaches a portion of the Benefits course at the Canadian Labour Congress Winter School (Jan 14, 2021 most recently)
- Presenter, “Benefit Issues Impacting the LGBTQ Community” at International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, October 2020 Virtual Conference
- Author, “Benefit Issues Impacting the LGBTQ Community,” Plans and Trusts, International Foundation, Jan/Feb 2021
- Presenter, “Officer Freedom of Speech: Lessons from the Canadian context” at the SMILE Conference in Houston TX in May 2019
- Donor Profile, Westcoast LEAF newsletter, Winter 2019
Results (Arbitration / Tribunal / Court)
University of British Columbia v. Kelly, 2016 BCCA 271, 2016 CarswellBC 1735,
Craig acted as counsel for Dr. Kelly at the BC Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeal and appeal of the BC Human Rights Tribunal decision that the UBC Faculty of Medicine had discriminated against Dr. Kelly in failing to accommodate his ADHD and in requiring him to withdraw from the program. The HRT determined Dr. Kelly’s had $385,000 in wage loss and $75,000 in injury to dignity. The injury to dignity award was reduced on review to $30,000 but other aspects of the decision upheld. On appeal, the Court of Appeal accepted that the HRT was reasonable in its injury to dignity award and restored the original $75,000. Award. This decision remains the highest BCHRT injury to dignity award and Craig is regularly approached by other counsel to discuss the case and award and provide advice.
Education
- LLB, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2009
- BA, Simon Fraser University
Associations
- Member, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute
- Member, Employment Standards Tribunal, July 2018-July 2020
