Heather Mallabone

Heather Mallabone

Associate, Litigation

Contact Information

hmallabone@osler.com

tel: 236.466.2827

Office

Vancouver

Bar Admission

British Columbia, 2021

Education

Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC), Juris Doctor

University of Victoria, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Language(s)

English

Heather is an associate in the Litigation Group of our Vancouver office. She maintains a broad civil litigation practice, with a focus on complex commercial litigation and class action defence. Her experience includes representing pharmaceutical companies in multi-party class actions, consumer-facing companies in product-liability matters, and retail companies in contractual disputes.  Heather also has an active pro bono practice, with experience advocating for clients in matters relating to gender and mental health.

Heather has appeared and argued before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Prior to joining Osler, Heather practiced at another major Canadian law firm in Vancouver.

    *Prior to joining Osler:

    *Counsel for a major Canadian commercial bank, successfully defending against the first common issues trial involving the actions of an investment fund manager

    *Counsel for an international pharmaceutical company in a multi-jurisdictional product liability class proceeding that was dismissed on a motion for summary judgment

  • Allard Law Women’s Caucus, Co-President (2018-2019)
  • Legal Services Society, LiveHelp Clinician and Project Lead (2018-2019)
  • UBC Law Review, Assistant Editor (2017-2018)
  • Legal Education Outreach, Educator (2017)

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • Vancouver Bar Association