Counsel to a university board at arbitration involving the intersection of board governance rules and academic freedom.
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.
Counsel for university on appeal to Court of Appeal dismissing action brought by a faculty association.
Successfully argued that previously declared vexatious litigant had no grounds to bring an action against a college and other proposed defendants as such an action would be an abuse of process and an attempt to relitigate closed matters, and there were no reasonable grounds for the action.
Represented clients in the education sector at interest arbitration with ETFO and OSSTF.
Successfully represented a college before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario with respect to its recruitment practices.
Successfully defended a school board in a human rights application brought by a former student.
Counsel to Ontario’s largest school board association in the transition to provincial collective bargaining.
Resolved human rights complaints by employees and parents against school boards.
Successfully represented a college and a school board in defending job competition grievances.
Successfully argued to have a reprisal complaint filed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act dismissed for delay.