Education
- 2014 Thompson Rivers University, JD
- 2009 University of Calgary, BComm
Admissions
- 2015 Alberta
Experience
Nicholas has successfully appeared before the Alberta Court of Justice (formerly the
Provincial Court of Alberta), the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, and a Federal Labour Adjudicator. Nicholas acts for a wide variety of clientele including: individuals, small business owners, large commercial developers, condominium corporations, and not-for-profit entities.
In the course of acting for his clients, he has:
- Successfully negotiated a favourable Adjustment Program on behalf of 560 non-unionized federally regulated employees laid off pursuant to a Division IX Group Termination under the Canada Labour Code
- Secured favourable settlements for employees terminated with and without cause
- Obtained extraordinary interlocutory remedies including:
- An urgent Mareva Injunction freezing investment accounts to prevent publicly traded shares from further dissipation
- An urgent ex parte Replevin Order permitting an enforcement agent to enter and search the Defendant’s premises for vitally confidential commercial property
- Successfully handled files for victims of civil fraud through both litigation and negotiation
Notable decisions include:
- Legare v Acme (Village), 2023 ABKB 278
- Legare v Acme (Village), 2023 ABKB 145
- Legare v Acme (Village), 2022 ABPC 54
- L Ranches Ltd v Rocky View County, 2021 ABQB 504
- Sangha v Alberta (Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, Administrator), 2018 ABQB 385
- Sangha v Alberta (Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, Administrator), 2017 ABQB 91
Resources
- Memberships
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- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
- Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers
- Community
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- Guitarist for Alarming Her Majesty, Battle of the Bar Bands, 2019
- Volunteer Lawyer for Calgary Legal Guidance 2012-2019
- Mentor for Law Society of Alberta’s Mentorship Express Program