Obtained an injunction on behalf of a municipality imposing limits on strike picketing at facilities hosting the World Junior Hockey Championships.
Industry: Municipalities & Municipal Agencies
Successfully defended police service boards against claims of racial profiling and discrimination brought by members of the public.
Successfully defended police service boards against claims of racial profiling and discrimination brought by members of the public.
Successfully defended a university and a municipality in various human rights litigation alleging a failure to accommodate disability and family status in employment.
Successfully defended a university and a municipality in various human rights litigation alleging a failure to accommodate disability and family status in employment.
Successfully represented an Ontario municipality in a judicial review application relating to a human rights tribunal decision on the issue of mandatory retirement for firefighters.
Successfully represented an Ontario municipality in a judicial review application relating to a human rights tribunal decision on the issue of mandatory retirement for firefighters.
Successfully defended the termination of a probationary police constable by a leading Ontario police service in a 2013 human rights tribunal hearing concerning the obligation to accommodate obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Successfully defended the termination of a probationary police constable by a leading Ontario Police Service in a 2013 human rights tribunal hearing concerning the obligation to accommodate obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Acted for a transit service provider in a policy grievance relating to the proper interpretation of a recognition clause in a collective agreement.
Acted for a transit service provider in a policy grievance relating to the proper interpretation of a recognition clause in a collective agreement.
Successfully argued on behalf of a police services board that an arbitrator had no jurisdiction to hear a grievance relating to promotion.
Successfully argued on behalf of a police services board that an arbitrator had no jurisdiction to hear a grievance relating to promotion.
Persuaded an arbitrator to allow a municipal employer’s grievance against a union with respect to deliberate damage caused to the employer’s vehicle by the employee.
Persuaded an arbitrator to allow a municipal employer’s grievance against a union with respect to deliberate damage caused to the employer’s vehicle by the employee.
Assisted an EMS service in addressing a paramedic who crashed an ambulance while having large dosages of oxycodone in his system.
Assisted an EMS service in addressing a paramedic who crashed an ambulance while having large dosages of oxycodone in his system.
Ongoing representation of large municipalities in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Maritimes in their fire negotiations and interest arbitrations.
Ongoing representation of large municipalities in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Maritimes in their fire negotiations and interest arbitrations.