Timothy Delaney
Partner - Vancouver Offices
Tim Delaney joined LK Law in 1990 and became a partner in 1999. A member of the General Litigation Group, he works from the firm’s Vancouver law office. Tim’s practice includes representing plaintiffs in personal injury actions and he has handled many matters in commercial and employment litigation. Well known as a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver, he has a wealth of experience as a trial and appellate lawyer including appearances at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mr. Delaney acts for Translink’s captive insurer defending claims against the South Coast Regional Transportation Authority and its subsidiaries.
In the field of employment law, Mr. Delaney acts for both employers and employees. Based on his long experience as an employment lawyer in Vancouver, he has authored papers on employment law subjects and delivered lectures and papers to the Annual CLE Employment Law Conference.
Mr. Delaney is a former President of the Vancouver Bar Association, the Law Reform Committee and the national Law Week Committee. He currently serves as an elected member of the Provincial Council.
Away from the office and courtroom, Tim pursues many interests, including travel, golf, softball, fly fishing and hockey.
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Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1988
- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and Criminology), Simon Fraser University, 1985
Memberships and Affiliations
- Trial Lawyers Association of BC
- Vancouver Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
Publications
- Author, The Short Happy Life of Notional Severance, The Advocate, vol. 67, part IV, 2009
- Author, Confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition covenants: Locked up or Out of Luck? Insight Conference, Calgary, 2009
- Founder and editor, The Firing Line, the LK Law client newsletter.
- Author, Termination of the Employment Contract when an Employee is absent from work due to an Illness or Disability, March 2004, TLABC journal The Verdict.
- Author, Assessing Damages for the Wrongful Dismissal of the Disabled or Ill Employee, for the CLE Employment Law Conference, April 2004.
- Author, Competition by the Departing Vendor, for CLE Employment Law Conference, March 2002.
- Author, book review of “Rethinking Church, State and Modernity: Canada between Europe and America”, The Advocate, 2002.
- Co-author, After Athey, Saskatchewan Advocate, June 2001.
- Author, Dismissing the Disabled or Ill Employee, published in the November 1998 issue of The Advocate.
- Author, several papers and speeches, Lindsay Kenney client seminars on topics including: surety and fidelity insurance, collateral benefits, vicarious liability and employment law.
Community Involvement
- Elected Member, Canadian Bar Association of BC, Provincial Council, since 2007
- Member, CBABC Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council, since 2007
- Director, Law Courts Inn Society, since 2006
- Volunteer lecturer, British Columbia CLE program, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
- Chair, CBABC Legislation and Law Reform Committee, 2003 to 2005
- Past President, Vancouver Bar Association, 2003 to 2004
- President, VBA, 2002 to 2003
- Vice President, VBA, 2001 to 2002
- Member, CBABC Legislation and Law Reform Committee, 2000 to 2003
- Member, VBA Executive Committee, 1999 to 2001
- Director, Act II Child and Family Services Society, 1998 to 2008
- Volunteer Judge, UBC Moot Court Program and Professional Legal Training Course Mock Trials and Chambers applications, since 1988
- Chair, CBA National Law Week Planning Committee, 1994
- Director, International Development Education Resource Association, 1992 to 1993
- Chair, CBA BC Branch Law Week Planning Committee, 1993.
- Member, CBA BC Branch Law Week Planning Committee, 1992
- Lecturer, People’s Law School – Small Claims Court, 1990 to 1994
- Represented UBC Law School at the Canadian competition for the Jessup Public International Law Moot; team won the award for the best Memorials (factums), 1987
