Successfully represented a public health unit in a judicial review of a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario before the Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Leave to the Supreme Court of Canada is currently being sought.
Work
We offer legal services that include advice, courtroom and tribunal advocacy, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, policy development and strategic planning. Below are examples of work we have performed for our clients.
36 Results
Successfully responded to numerous Consent and Capacity Board appeals before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on behalf of hospitals and doctors in relation to the capacity of patients to make treatment decisions.
Successful overturned initial entitlement in a strain and hernia case based on an expert medical opinion that the worker’s injury was actually a complication of recent surgery.
Successfully resisted appeals seeking entitlement for CPD and psychotraumatic disability in a medically complex case.
Successfully argued for the dismissal of a job posting grievance involving a reliance ability clause for a hospital client.
Chief legal counsel for the Ontario government in negotiations with the Ontario Medical Association.
Successfully represented a hospital in a grievance involving the employer’s decision to eliminate a full time position vacated by a retiring employee and to covert the position to two part-time positions.
Representing a hospital in an application under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act following a merger.
Successfully represented an employer before the Ontario Court of Appeal on appeal of a decision granting summary judgment in a wrongful dismissal matter.
Chief negotiator in first contract negotiations for Sick Kids Hospital.