Borins & Company
Paralegal Services

Independent representation from our Designated Paralegal.

Our senior paralegal, Titus Gregory, is a Designated Paralegal and a participant in the Law Society of British Columbia's Innovation Sandbox Program — able to independently provide cost-effective legal advice and representation.

Our firm's senior paralegal, Titus Gregory, is a Designated Paralegal as well as a participant in the Innovation Sandbox Program of the Law Society of British Columbia. As such, he can independently provide cost-effective legal advice and representation to individuals, non-profits, trade unions, and businesses in the areas of Employment and Labour Law and Societies and Non-Profits Law. Mr. Gregory can represent clients directly before the Provincial Court of British Columbia (on small claims matters), labour arbitrators, and administrative tribunals such as the BC Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the BC Human Rights Tribunal, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal, WorkSafeBC, and the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal.

Services Provided

Non-exhaustive list of
independent paralegal services

Societies & Non-Profits Law

  • Incorporation and dissolution
  • Corporate legal services, such as filing annual reports
  • Preparing, reviewing, amending, and interpreting bylaws and policies
  • Drafting and revising constitutions, bylaws, and policies
  • Elections and referenda, including election codes and complaint adjudication
  • Annual general meetings and special general meetings
  • Board governance issues
  • Membership disputes
  • Employment and labour relations
  • Human rights issues
  • Harassment complaints

Employment Law

  • Termination of employment (with cause and without cause)
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Severance pay
  • Discipline
  • Workplace investigations
  • Drafting, amending, and interpreting employment contracts
  • Human rights issues in the workplace
  • Harassment and discrimination in the workplace
  • Workplace accommodation
  • Workers' compensation issues

Labour Law

  • Grievances
  • Duty of fair representation complaints
  • Certifications
  • Change of union representation
  • Trade union governance

Parliamentarian Services

  • External chair for general meetings and board meetings
  • Meetings ranging from under 20 to over 500 attendees
  • Contentious and controverted elections
  • Motions without notice, points of order, challenges to the chair
  • Impeachments and censures of directors and officers
No-Action Letter from the Law Society of British Columbia

Mr. Gregory is also a professional parliamentarian, with over 20 years of experience. Mr. Gregory has acted as external chair or parliamentarian of general meetings and board of directors meetings for a number of not-for-profit organizations, with attendance ranging from less than 20 to over 500 people. He has successfully handled many contentious meetings, including controverted elections, motions without notice, points of order, challenges to the chair, and impeachments and censures of directors and officers.

Discuss a Matter with Titus