Richard Truman
Qualifications
- Bar of British Columbia, 2012
- JD, University of British Columbia, 2011
- Executive, Civil Litigation Section – Vancouver, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, 2020 – Present
- Executive, Employment Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, 2016 – 2019
- Member, Human Rights Law and Workplace Investigations Sections, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
- Volunteer, Access Pro Bono
Representative Cases
Negotiated
- Severance packages for President, CEO, CFO and COO
- Employment contracts for President, CEO, CFO and COO
Defended
- Wrongful dismissal claim for property developer
- Human rights complaint for software firm
- Employment Standards complaint for logistics company
- Discriminatory action complaint (WorksafeBC) for food and beverage company
- Defamation claim for President and CEO
Pursued
- Wrongful dismissal claim for Vice President of Sales
- Defamation claim for ex-President
- Return of confidential information from ex-employees
- Mareva injunction for ex-CEO
Advised
- Heavy machinery manufacturer about terminations of employment
- Transportation company about drug and alcohol policies
- Post-secondary institution about bullying and harassment
- COO about competition issues after leaving firm
- Food and beverage company about employment law obligations in Ontario
- Federally regulated employer about attendance management, illness and disability
Rankings
- Leading Practitioner, Employment Law, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2023
- Ranked, Best Lawyers in Canada – Labour and Employment Law – 2023
Recent Presentations
- “Oppression Remedy Update”, Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Conference, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2022
- “Employees Behaving Badly – True Stories from the Front Lines”, HR Conference & Expo, CPHR BC & Yukon, September 2021
- “Update on Liability Arising from Pre-employment Statements”, Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Conference, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, September 2020
- “31 Flavours of Damages”, Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Conference, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2017
- “Law and the Architect”, Architectural Institute of BC, September 2016
Publications
- “They Promised What? Liability Arising from Pre-Employment Statements”, (co-author), Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, September 2020
- “Extra Sprinkles: Four Less Common Flavours of Tort Damages Arising in the Employment Law Context”, (co-author), Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2017
- “Practical Alternatives to Restrictive Covenants” and “The Impact of Restrictive Covenants on Reasonable Notice”, (co-author), Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2014