Overview
Lawson Lundell has Western Canada's leading Pension and Benefits Litigation Group. We are recognized as leaders in litigation relating to pensions and benefits. We have been involved in many of the leading Canadian cases and continue to represent our clients in contentious matters pertaining pension and benefit issues.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in the litigation of pension and benefit disputes before courts, tribunals, and arbitrators. We have also been heavily engaged in the resolution of disputes through negotiation, mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. We advise pension fund administrators on trust, pension and benefit law issues and regularly apply to court for directions in many benefit cases.
Lawson Lundell’s litigation team has been involved in pension and benefit cases before all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the British Columbia Court of Appeal and numerous trial courts, commissions and tribunals across Canada. We are the leaders in our field.
Our services include:
- Health and welfare trust litigation
- Employee benefit trusts litigation
- Group benefits litigation
- Employee incentive plans and bonus plan litigation
- Drafting submissions to regulatory authorities on compliance matters
- Surplus entitlement claims
- Pension plan expense claims
- Pension trustees’ fiduciary duty claims, including claims relating to claim investment policy and plan immunization
- Contribution holiday litigation
- Benefit entitlement litigation
Key Contacts
- t 604.631.9197