Tyler F. Dennis
Personal Injury Lawyer
Tyler was born and raised in BC. Following the completion of his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Cellular/Molecular Genetics, he went on to do a Master’s of Biomedical Technologies under the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine. Tyler then went on to complete his Juris Doctor degree at the University of British Columbia.
Advocating for injured people is what Tyler is passionate about. His legal practice is focused on building the evidence necessary for proving an injury claim in Court. He understands that an injured plaintiff is a person first, and a litigant second. Tyler handles a variety of injury claim types including physical and psychological trauma from car accidents, long-term disability, trip and falls, sexual assaults/battery claims, and toxic tort claims involving carcinogenic materials. That scientific background shapes the way he practices law: careful with evidence, relentless with detail, and focused on proving causation, injury, and loss rather than relying on rhetoric alone.
Tyler is particularly committed to acting for survivors of sexual assault and battery. He understands that these cases are among the most personal and difficult a person can bring. Survivors deserve counsel who will treat them with dignity, prepare their case with care, and stand firm when the other side tries to deny, diminish, or recast what happened. Tyler approaches these claims with compassion, discretion, and determined advocacy.
He is known for being a fighter. That does not mean making noise for its own sake. It means doing the work, mastering the record, pressing the difficult points, and being ready to carry a case through contested applications, discoveries, expert battles, trial, and appeal where necessary. Insurance companies and institutional defendants often try to win by attrition, delay, or superior resources. Tyler’s practice is built on the opposite premise: if a case has merit, he is prepared to outlast that strategy and force the matter to be valued properly.
Not every worthwhile case is easy, and not every strong lawyer limits themself to clean wins and simple files. Tyler is prepared to take on difficult cases with difficult facts, difficult law, or difficult defendants. A less favourable result does not mean the case should never have been brought, and it does not mean counsel lacked skill. Sometimes, the difference between a seven-figure recovery and no recovery at all is having counsel willing to take the risk of litigating a case that others would rather avoid. Trial results have to be understood in context: lawyers who actually try major cases will sometimes lose major cases. That is the nature of serious litigation, not a mark of timidity or inexperience. To insurance companies, a plaintiff counsel that fights in court a lot presents more risk – so Tyler’s clients are lifted up in settlement negotiations by the long string of reasons for judgment he has collected over his legal career.
He is a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, the Law Society of British Columbia, and the Law Society of Manitoba.
When not practicing law, he’s thinking about practicing law.
Below is a sample of some of Tyler’s decisions (unreported decisions available upon request; jury trials don’t generate reasons for judgment):
- Bonnis v. Clark, 2026 BCSC 425 [under appeal]
- EM vs. ICBC (February 13, 2026)
- 7-Eleven Canada Inc. v. Tommy, 2025 BCCA 220
- Bonnis v. Clark (31 October 2025), Vancouver S1913413 (BCSC)
- Bonnis v. Clark (29 October 2025), Vancouver S1913413 (BCSC)
- Bonnis v. Clark (27 October 2025), Vancouver S1913413 (BCSC)
- Wong v. Nijjar, 2025 BCSC 1956
- Bonnis v. Clark (5 August 2025), Vancouver S1913413 (BCSC)
- Bonnis v. Clark, 2025 BCSC 1659
- Matanagh v. Lanctot, 2025 BCSC 638
- Bao v. Omar (24 April 2025), Vancouver M200064, M212541 (BCSC)
- Tommy v. 7-Eleven Canada, Inc., 2025 BCSC 924
- Chien v. Tong, 2025 BCSC 312
- Bown v. Skogheim, 2025 BCSC 241
- Sampare v. 1199 Holdings Ltd., 2025 BCSC 234
- Wong v. Nijjar (2 October 2024), Vancouver M1911150 (BCSC)
- Tommy v. 7-Eleven Canada, Inc., 2024 BCSC 1558
- Tommy v. 7-Eleven Canada, Inc. (10 July 2024), Vancouver S203407 (BCSC)
- Mendoza v. Hadley, 2024 BCSC 492
- EM vs. ICBC (February 26, 2025)
- EM vs. ICBC redacted (October 23, 2024)
- Matanagh v. Lanctot (11 June 2024), Vancouver M203137 (BCSC)
- Lee v. Bolduc, 2024 BCCA 224
- Lee v. Bolduc, 2024 BCCA 7
- Ramsay v Shortt, WCAT Decision No. A2400285 (29 August 2024)
- Tritton v. Lai, 2023 BCSC 2054
- Page v. Roy, 2023 BCSC 1991
- Page v. Roy, 2023 BCSC 1717
- Sunner v. Lee, 2023 BCSC 988
- Tritton v. Lai, 2023 BCSC 956
- Singh v. Sidhu (17 May 2023), Vancouver M205870 (BCSC)
- Klimek v. Lockhart, 2023 BCSC 582
- Cyr v. Randhawa, 2023 BCSC 67
- Sandhu v. Morris, 2023 BCSC 35
- Brophy v. Ploskon-Ciesla, 2022 BCCA 425
- Trafford v. Byron, 2022 BCSC 1896
- Bolduc v. Stratton, 2022 BCSC 1319
- Bolduc v. Stratton, 2022 BCSC 1168
- Ploskon-Ciesla v. Brophy, 2022 BCCA 217
- Travis v. Bittner, 2022 BCSC 839
- Lee v. MacLean, 2022 BCSC 833
- Rattan v. Li, 2022 BCSC 648
- Lee v. MacLean, 2022 BCSC 312
- Sidhu v. Baturin, 2022 BCSC 102
- Cheung v. Choy, 2021 BCSC 2314
- Martin v. Frederickson, 2021 BCSC 1424
- Grewal v. Chandi, 2021 BCSC 1200
- Negraeff v. Schmidt (4 August 2021), Vancouver M193608 (BCSC)
- Bown v. Skogheim (30 July 2021), New Westminster M197993 (BCSC)
- Choy v. Stimpson, 2021 BCSC 1197
- Choy v. Stimpson, 2021 BCSC 1071
- Choy v. Stimpson, 2021 BCSC 1020
- Hood v. Selles, M193514, 2021/04/07
- Kan v. McGill, 2021 BCSC 843
- Reddy v. Enokson, 2021 BCSC 412
- Reddy v. Enokson, M194345, 2020/06/18
- Chow v. Kandola, 2021 BCSC 297
- Pelley v. Frederickson, 2021 BCSC 82
- Grant v. Ditmarsia Holdings Ltd., 2020 BCSC 1705
- Lanigan v. Kandola and others, M189186, 2020/11/18
- Ploskon-Ciesla v. Brophy, 2020 BCSC 1873
- Ganesan v. Kang (20 November 2019), New Westminster M193405 (BCSC)
- Khademolhosseini v. Ji, 2019 BCSC 854
- Dale v. Vickers, 2019 BCSC 821
- Franklin v. Ingram, 2018 BCSC 1812
- Nguyen v. Busink, 2018 BCSC 913
- Elima v. Dhaliwal, 2018 BCSC 115
- Santos-Grou v. Gallinger (27 September 2017), New Westminster M161313 (BCSC)
- Quiat v. Armstrong, 2017 BCSC 2155
- Elima v. Dhaliwal, 2017 BCSC 1922
- Charkhgary v. Erlwanger, 2016 BCSC 1816
- Rosberg v. Mak (24 May 2016), Vancouver M141664, M146457 (BCSC)
- Rod v. Walton (12 January 2016), Vancouver M140523 (BCSC)
- Huang v. Bertelsen, 2015 BCSC 2650
- Ainsley v Duthie et al, WCAT-2015-03790 (17 December 2015)
- Rouhani v. Eom (25 February 2015), Vancouver M143300 (BCSC)
- Hall-Smith v. Yamelst, 2015 BCSC 1640 (not listed as counsel/articled student, but this was a good fight for a first trial)
Tyler may be reached at [email protected] or call 1-800-JUSTICE.
Education
- B.Sc. Cellular/Molecular Genetics University of Fraser Valley 2007
- M.B.T. University of Calgary 2010
- J.D. University of British Columbia 2014
Professional Associations
- Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Law Society of Manitoba
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