
Tina Hobday
Lawyer, Partner - Montréal
Tina Hobday, a partner since 2001, has developed considerable expertise in the fields of pension plan litigation and governance and has represented pension interests in several high-profile insolvency proceedings.
She also practices in the area of public and administrative law, and has substantial experience in professional and disciplinary law. As an experienced litigator, she represents clients before the civil and federal courts, including statutory appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal, and before administrative tribunals.
She has been involved with McGill University for a number of years and recently served as President of the McGill Alumni Association and as a member of the Board of Governors of McGill University. She is currently a member of McGill’s Pension Administration Committee.
She has served as Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Pensions and Benefits Law Section and is the outgoing Chair of the Quebec Regional Council of The Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM). Tina is also a former practice group leader of the firm’s Montréal litigation group and is currently group leader of the firm’s pensions and benefits law practice group.
Education
Certificate in Pension Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, 2012
The Techniques of Trial Advocacy, Intensive Seminar, Sherbrooke, Quebec, 1999
Bachelor of Civil Law, B.C.L. (with distinction), McGill University, 1993
Bachelor of Common Law, LL.B. (with distinction), McGill University, 1993
M.B.A. (in part), McGill University, 1988-1989
Bachelor of Arts, German Literature (Honours) (with great distinction), Swiss Ambassador’s Prize, McGill University, 1988
French Baccalauréat, Health Sciences, Collège Marie de France, Montreal, 1985
Rankings & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in Canada 2024
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2023
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2023
- Chambers Canada 2023
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2022
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2022
- Chambers Canada 2022
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2021
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2021
- Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, McGill Alumni Association, 2020
- Chambers Canada 2021
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2020
- Chambers Canada 2020
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2019
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2019
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2018
- Benchmark Canada 2018
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2017
- Benchmark Canada 2017
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2016
Recipient of the James A. Robb Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service to the Law Faculty, McGill University, 2012
Recipient of the “President of the Year Award”, McGill Alumni Association, 2002
Areas of Practice
Publications
Articles
- 2016 – Suspension of Arbitration Hearing Pending a Court Decision on the Constitutionality of Bill 15: Two Contradictory Decisions
- 2016 – The Quebec Superior Court Stresses the Importance of Communications with Employees Concerning Their Pension Plan in a Class Action Against IBM
- 2016 – The 2016 Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans Agreement Comes into Force on July 1, 2016
- 2016 – Quebec’s Bid to Reform Municipal Pension Plans Will Have to Wait for the Superior Court to Determine the Validity of Bill 15
- 2016 – Bill 58 came into force on January 1, 2016, merging the CARRA and the Régie des rentes du Québec
- 2015 – Multijurisdictional Class Actions: the Companion Case’s Evidentiary Record Cannot be Blindly Imported into Quebec
- 2015 – Multi-Employer Pension Plans Completely Overhauled by Quebec’s Bill 34
- 2015 – Changes Coming in 2015 in the Area of Pension Law
- 2014 – Pension Plans for Municipal Employees – Bill 3
- 2014 – Pension Deemed Trust Outranks Secured Creditor in Quebec Decision
- 2014 – Will Bill 79 Dealing with the Restructuring of Municipal Pension Plans Survive the Coming Election?
- 2014 – The New Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act
- 2014 – Pension Deemed Trust Outranks Secured Creditor in Recent Quebec Decision
- 2014 – Pension Plans and Wrongful Dismissals
- 2013 – Pension Law – The Supreme Court of Canada Puts an End to a Legal Saga
- 2012 – Quebec’s New “Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans”
- 2012 – The Role of the Tribunal des professions: True Appellate Jurisdiction or Judicial Review in Disguise?
News
Books
Other Publications
2021 – Co-author, “L’inspection professionnelle : un outil pour bien encadrer ses membres et protéger le public”, Développements récents en déontologie, droit professionnel et disciplinaire (2021), Yvon Blais, volume 494, pages 351-401 (article in French about the use of professional inspections to protect the public)
2018 – “Politique de financement : Réfléchir avant d’écrire” (Funding policy: Think before drafting), interview by Pierre-Luc Trudel, Conseiller.ca (May 8, 2018)
2017 – “University can recoup pension payments over ‘unjust enrichment,’ court rules”, interview with The Lawyer’s Daily (November 2017)
2017 – “A look at Quebec’s solvency changes one year on”, interview with Benefits Canada (February 2017)
2017 – “Employees entitled to $23.5 million after employer unlawfully withdrew bridging benefit from pension scheme, court holds”, Lancaster House, Pension & Benefit Law (January 2017, eAlert No. 135)
2016 – “Quebec – Leader of Pack or Lone Wolf”, Benefits and Pensions Monitor at 32 (June 2016, Vol. 26, No. 4)
2014 – “Pension deemed trust outranks secured creditor in Quebec decision”, 26 Comm. Insol. R. at 37 (April 2014)
2014 – “Pension deemed trust outranks secured creditor in Quebec decision”, For Your Benefit – CBA National Pensions and Benefits Law Section Newsletter (March 2014)
2014 – “Pension trust trumps creditor in Timminco”, interview with Canadian Lawyer InHouse digital magazine (February 2014)
2012 – “New retirement savings vehicles – Federal PRPPs and Quebec VRSPs”, The Canadian Bar Association (August 2012)
2012 – “Re White Birch Paper Company: The Quebec Superior Court deals with the applicability in Quebec of the Indalex decision”, For Your Benefit – CBA National Pensions and Benefits Law Section Newsletter (July 2012)
2007 – “Enforcement of foreign decisions in Canada”, Reflets Magazine of ESSEC (Paris) (May 2007)
2007 – “Private International Law – Enforcement of foreign judgments”, Legal Bulletin Langlois Kronström Desjardins (April 2007)
2005 – “The challenges of being an employee and a professional”, De premier ordre (Bulletin of the Certified Human Ressources and Industrial Relations Association of Quebec) (March 2005, Vol. 7, No. 4)
2004 – “To retain or destroy documents? Legal and professional requirements”, Bulletin, Canadian Institute of Actuaries (October 2004, Vol. 15, No. 2)
2002 – Discussion Paper for the Canadian Institute of Actuaries entitled “The impact of the Enron/Worldcom collapses on the actuarial profession in Canada” (November 29, 2002)
1991-1992 – Research assistant to Prof. David Stevens, Faculty of Law of McGill University, on the Ontario Law Reform Commission’s “Report on the Law of Charities” (published 1996)
