Lucinda A. Wong

Lucinda Wong is an associate practising in commercial litigation and immigration. She has acted in a wide variety of complex litigation matters from inception to trial, judicial reviews, appeals, and judgment enforcement. Lucinda specializes in employment law litigation (both employee and employer side), insolvency (both personal and corporate), personal injury (from minor to catastrophic injuries, including car accidents, slip and falls, and product liability) and other insurance matters (including fire insurance, tenant insurance, property insurance, and life insurance claims) as well as other areas of civil litigation. Lucinda also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolutions, including judicial dispute resolutions and private mediation in a variety of contexts.

On the immigration front, Lucinda possesses experience with a variety of permanent resident applications, in-Canada humanitarian and compassionate claims, refugee claims, family class sponsorships, spousal sponsorship appeals, pre-risk removal assessments (PRRA), inadmissibility, removals, immigration detention reviews and applications for temporary residence.

Lucinda has appeared before the Alberta Provincial Court, Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta Court of Appeal, Federal Court, the Immigration Appeal Division, the Refugee Protection Division, and has conducted detention reviews.

Lucinda’s wide range of experience in both immigration and commercial litigation assists her in tailoring practical solutions for her clients. She enjoys the challenge of electronic document discovery and can ingest and produce complex productions in Eclipse SE.

Representative Work

Copperline Excavating Ltd. (Re): Successfully recovered commercial assets from a receivership on behalf of a creditor.

Motta v Davis Wire Industries Ltd, 2020 ABQB 136: Costs decision in favour of the Plaintiff following trial.

Motta v Davis Wire Industries Ltd, 2019 ABQB 899: Represented a Plaintiff at 6-day trial in a wrongful dismissal claim.

Balderramos v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 1391: Federal Court judicial review overturning a refusal of an application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA).

Balderramos v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), IMM-5574-18: Obtained emergency order staying execution of Applicants’ removal to Honduras pending a judicial review of a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment.

Hayden v Hayden, 2019 ABQB 919: Represented Defendants in an application for court access restrictions.

Gas Plus Inc. v Levelton Consultants Ltd.: Represented gasoline distributor in case-managed, multi-party, interlocutory proceedings.

R. L. v Color Right Now Ltd: Represented a Plaintiff in a constructive dismissal case in a 1.5 day Provincial Court trial.

Aina v Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, IMM-3319-17: Obtained an emergency order staying execution of the Applicants’ removal to Nigeria pending a refusal of an Inland Enforcement Officer refusing to defer their removal from Canada.

Insolvency Engagements:

Counsel to the applicant-debtors in an $8 million Division I Proposal under the BIA (2017 to 2018)
https://www.grantthornton.ca/en/service/advisory/creditor-updates/#MCG-Construction-Ltd

Counsel to the court-appointed Receiver-Manager of Rimstone Ridge Hotel Inc. (2017 – present) http://relieffromdebt.ca/business-solutions/current-engagements/rimstone-ridge-hotel-incorporated/

Counsel to 3 creditors in the Sanjel Corporation CCAA (2016 – present)
https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/services/insolvency-assignments/sanjel.html

Counsel to the Proposal Trustee of the Ceili’s group of companies (2014 - 2015) http://www.grantthornton.ca/services/reorg/bankruptcy_and_insolvency/creditor_updates/Ceilis