Experience

Cavalluzzo LLP

• Canada
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Lawyer

  • Oct 2019 - Present



Pink Larkin

• Canada
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  Balraj has appeared before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and various administrative tribunals.She has a strong interest in appellate advocacy. Recent successes include:Sipekne’katik v. Nova Scotia (Environment) 2017 NSSC 23 – an appeal of an industrial approval to operate an underground gas storage facility, based on an alleged duty to consult and breach of procedural fairness. The Band was successful in demonstrating a breach of procedural fairness.Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union v. Metro Community Living Support Services Ltd., 2017 NSCA 15 – appeal of a decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court granting judicial review of a labour board decision.Dalhousie University v. Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, 2017 NSSC 38 – responded to an application for judicial review of an arbitrator’s award.Balraj advises both employers and employees on workplace matters with a focus on terminations and constructive dismissals. The bulk of her pension and benefits practice pertains to compliance issues with legislative regimes.She also runs a social media campaign for Pink Larkin featuring the popular #WorkLawWednesday blog series.



Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal

• Canada
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student-at-Law/Legal Worker

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal is the final level of appeals for workers’ compensation matters in Ontario. As an articling student, I assumed carriage of over 50 active files. On complicated appeals, I provided oral and written submissions as Tribunal Counsel, on issues relating to employment law and legislative interpretation. I was also assigned various research assignments involving many areas of law. I acquired the following relevant experiences while working at the WSIAT:Advocacy experience: I provided oral submissions as Tribunal counsel on an a preliminary issue that concerned the interpretation of a specific section of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, and written submissions on the issue of whether a worker is an independent contractor for the purpose of advancing a civil suit. Research experience: I researched issues concerning workers’ compensation, administrative, employment, insurance and constitutional law. Writing experience: the Ontario Bar Association Workers’ Compensation section published my articles on the age based limitation on loss of earnings benefits in the WSIA and on mental stress entitlement for federal workers; and I liaised with parties, representatives and Tribunal decision-makers via written correspondence, which was reproduced in WSIAT Decision No. 900/13.



Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers Atlantic

• Co-Founding Director

  • Jan 2013 - May 2014



Dalhousie Legal Aid Service

• Senior Law Student

  • Sep 2011 - May 2014

  The Dalhousie Legal Aid Service is a teaching clinic, affiliated with Dalhousie University. Students are assigned their own files, along with a supervising lawyer or Community Legal Worker. The areas of law in which DLAS provides representation include: family law, youth criminal law, human rights law, adult criminal law, poverty law, and residential tenancies.I was assigned files in all areas of law that DLAS provides representation. Also, I was involved in a community development project—creating a web accessible resource cite about the Residential Tenancies Act, for landlords and tenants. The practical experience which DLAS is unique in providing includes:Court room experience: sentencing, pleas, requesting adjournments, confirming trial dates and criminal trials.Administrative Tribunals: Board of Inquiry & Residential Tenancies Board.Settlement Conferences: Family law & Human Rights.



Schulich School of Law

• Canada
• Legal Services

• Research Assistant

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  I researched for Professor Robert Currie and Professor Phillip Saunders in the area of international law. I was assisting them with the preparation of the newest edition of their textbook, International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada (by Kindred, Saunders, Brunnée, Currie, McDorman, et al). I researched legal developments since the 7th edition of the textbook, focusing on any legal developments in the case law on the relationship between domestic law and international law. I researched for Professor Robert Currie and Professor Phillip Saunders in the area of international law. I was assisting them with the preparation of the newest edition of their textbook, International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada (by Kindred, Saunders, Brunnée, Currie, McDorman, et al). I researched legal developments since the 7th edition of the textbook, focusing on any legal developments in the case law on the relationship between domestic law and international law.