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Malinda Yuen

Counsel
About

Malinda Yuen practises in the areas of civil litigation and employment law. She has particular experience in ‎corporate litigation, real estate disputes and employment matters.‎

Malinda is experienced before all levels of courts in Alberta and Manitoba and appeared before various administrative ‎tribunals. She also has experience in alternative dispute resolutions.‎

Malinda attended the University of Manitoba, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and a Bachelor ‎of Laws in 2004 and received numerous academic awards. In her final year of law school...

Malinda Yuen practises in the areas of civil litigation and employment law. She has particular experience in ‎corporate litigation, real estate disputes and employment matters.‎

Malinda is experienced before all levels of courts in Alberta and Manitoba and appeared before various administrative ‎tribunals. She also has experience in alternative dispute resolutions.‎

Malinda attended the University of Manitoba, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and a Bachelor ‎of Laws in 2004 and received numerous academic awards. In her final year of law school she worked as a clerk to the judges of the Manitoba Court ‎of Appeal.‎

She was called to the Bar in 2005 in Manitoba and practised at a major firm in Winnipeg prior to moving to ‎Alberta, where she was called to the Bar in 2007.

 
Bar admissionsAlberta, 2007Manitoba, 2005

EXPERIENCE

  • Represents clients in alleged wrongful termination actions and actions to enforce restrictive covenants.‎
  • Provides advice on employment contracts, termination of employment, workers’ compensation, ‎employment standards and human rights. Malinda routinely provides advice on the employment related ‎aspects of transactions including asset and share sales...
  • Represents clients in alleged wrongful termination actions and actions to enforce restrictive covenants.‎
  • Provides advice on employment contracts, termination of employment, workers’ compensation, ‎employment standards and human rights. Malinda routinely provides advice on the employment related ‎aspects of transactions including asset and share sales.‎
  • Represents clients in oppression remedy claims, real estate development issues, contractual disputes, ‎intellectual property matters, judicial review of administrative decisions, and defamation claims.‎
Languages
  • English
Education
  • LL.B., University of Manitoba, 2004
  • B.A., English (with Distinction), University of Manitoba, 2000

Awards

  • Recipient, Law Society of Manitoba 2005 A. Montague Israels Q.C. Prize for community and ‎‎professional involvement, academic performance and dedication to the practice of law, together with ‎‎numerous academic awards throughout her university career.‎

Publications

  • Sealing Orders After Sherman Estate, The Advocates’ Quarterly, Volume 53, Issue 4, June 2023‎
  • Wastech v Greater Vancouver; The Supreme Court narrows the scope of review over the exercise of contractual discretionary power, February 2021
  • Callow v Zollinger: the Supreme Court of Canada expands the duty of good faith performance of a contract, December...
  • Sealing Orders After Sherman Estate, The Advocates’ Quarterly, Volume 53, Issue 4, June 2023‎
  • Wastech v Greater Vancouver; The Supreme Court narrows the scope of review over the exercise of contractual discretionary power, February 2021
  • Callow v Zollinger: the Supreme Court of Canada expands the duty of good faith performance of a contract, December 2020
  • Co-Author, “(Re)confirmation of a Fundamental Right: Four Supreme Court of Canada Solicitor-Client ‎Privilege Decisions in 2016”, The Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2018, Carswell, Oct 2018‎
  • Member of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP’s Labour and Employment Editorial Committee

Seminars

  • Speaker, 2022 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Webinar Conference, Cross-Canada case law update, Calgary‎
  • Speaker, Sealing Orders Post Sherman Decision, Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation South, February 22, 2022
  • Speaker, 2020 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Webinar Conference, Managing ‎Potential Discrimination Hazards in the COVID -19 Workplace, ...
  • Speaker, 2022 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Webinar Conference, Cross-Canada case law update, Calgary‎
  • Speaker, Sealing Orders Post Sherman Decision, Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation South, February 22, 2022
  • Speaker, 2020 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Webinar Conference, Managing ‎Potential Discrimination Hazards in the COVID -19 Workplace, Calgary‎
  • Speaker, 2019 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Conference, Three is a Crowd: ‎Employees, Independent Contractors, and Dependent Contractors, Calgary
  • Speaker, 2018 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Conference, Workplace Investigations, ‎‎Calgary
  • Speaker, 2017 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Conference, Employee Privacy ‎‎Considerations, Calgary
  • Speaker, 2016 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Conference, Just cause termination: ‎‎protecting against wrongful dismissal suits, Calgary
  • Speaker, 2015 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Employment and Labour Conference, Workplace Investigations, ‎‎Calgary‎

Community Involvement

  • Coordinator, Pro Bono Law Alberta, Civil Claims Duty Counsel
  • Planning Committee Chair and Volunteer, Dragon and Lion Dance International of Canada
  • Volunteer, Winnipeg Folklorama Festival - Chinese Pavillion‎
  • Volunteer Baker, Icing Smiles Canada

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, Alberta and Canadian Bar Associations, Employment and Civil Litigation subsections
  • Member, Association of Women Lawyers
  • Member, Phi Delta Phi Legal Ethics Association

Connect

Location

Calgary
Suite 1000, Livingston Place West 250 2nd St SW
Calgary
Alberta
T2P 0C1
Canada