Associate Counsel
Kerri Crawford


Biography
Kerri Crawford has rare capabilities, blending specialized labour and employment expertise with extensive experience as legal counsel to local governments. Further, she has acted as both external and in-house labour and employment counsel to public organizations, providing her with unique perspective. Kerri offers a full suite of labour and employment-related services, including with respect to contract and policy drafting, civil litigation, arbitrations, grievances, and Labour Relations Board and Employment Standards Branch matters. In addition, she advises on workplace investigations, human rights complaints, WorkSafe matters, WCAT appeals, privacy issues, and more.
Kerri obtained her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and embarked on her legal career at a national law firm in Toronto. She subsequently moved to British Columbia, where, in private practice, she represented local governments in litigation before specializing in labour and employment matters at a boutique firm. She later became in-house labour and employment counsel at Vancouver Island Health Authority before joining SMS Law as Associate Counsel in 2025.
Prior to her legal career, Kerri obtained degrees in music performance and she enjoys spending her time away from the office sharing her love of music with her young family.
Representative Work
- British Columbia Nurses’ Union v Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2024 CanLII 15500 (BC LA) – Successfully defended employer against labour arbitration disclosure application by union.
- Certain Employees of Houston Pellet Limited Partnership v Houston Pellet Limited Partnership, 2022 BCLRB 59 – Successfully represented employer in Labour Relations Board matter in which employee application for decertification was upheld following union opposition.
- Cowichan Valley (Regional District) v Stack, 2018 BCSC 2073 – Obtained statutory injunction for local government at British Columbia Supreme Court.
- Forbes v Bolen Books, 2024 BCHRT 27 – Successfully defended employer in human rights complaint before British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal involving alleged discrimination on the basis of COVID-19 safety measures, resulting in dismissal of complaint.
- Maple Ridge (City) v Scott, 2019 BCSC 157 – Obtained injunctive relief for local government at the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Moradi v [Employer] (unreported), 2024, WCAT Decision A2003118 (petition for judicial review denied by Justice Giltrow in Moradi v Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, BCSC, June 2025) – Successfully represented employer in prohibited action complaint before Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, resulting in dismissal of complaint.
- Re Victoria (City), 2020 BCSC 1942 – Obtained declaration of title to lands for local government on the basis of adverse possession and the Land Title Inquiry Act.
- Saanich (District) v Brett, 2018 BCSC 1648 – Obtained interlocutory injunction and corollary relief for the District.
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