Mariana provides advice to federally and provincially regulated employers on all aspects of workers’ compensation claims and appeals, such as initial entitlement, accommodation and related human rights and arbitration proceedings.
Industry: Education
Counsel for university on appeal to Court of Appeal dismissing action brought by a faculty association.
Counsel for university on appeal to Court of Appeal dismissing action brought by a faculty association.
Sunny J. Khaira
In his broad practice, Sunny has successfully represented clients in judicial review applications, wrongful dismissal claims and human rights applications. Sunny has an impressive record in both the private and public sectors. He is regularly successful obtaining dismissals or resolutions of numerous labour arbitration grievances, various proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and many wrongful dismissal cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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.
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.
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 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.
Successfully defended a client 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.
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.
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 represented a college and a school board in defending job competition grievances.