Successfully resisted request for substantial production order at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of a municipal client.
Industry: Municipalities & Municipal Agencies
Ongoing representation of municipalities (all sizes) in their inside/outside, fire and EMS collective bargaining and interest arbitrations.
Ongoing representation of municipalities (all sizes) in their inside/outside, fire and EMS collective bargaining and interest arbitrations.
Successfully defended a municipal client’s by-law services department in a human rights claim where the applicant claimed racial discrimination in relation to ongoing by-law concerns on his property.
Successfully defended a municipal client’s by-law services department in a human rights claim where the applicant claimed racial discrimination in relation to ongoing by-law concerns on his property.
Successfully defended a municipality’s decision to award a job vacancy to a disabled employee rather than a more senior bargaining unit employee based on Human Rights Code obligations.
Successfully defended a municipality’s decision to award a job vacancy to a disabled employee rather than a more senior bargaining unit employee based on Human Rights Code obligations.
Ongoing representation of municipalities (all sizes) across Ontario in their fire and paramedic negotiations and interest arbitrations including leading awards in both sectors addressing past and current leading issues such as 24-hour shifts (fire), availability/scheduling (paramedics), and benefits and compensation issues (both).
Ongoing representation of municipalities (all sizes) across Ontario in their fire and paramedic negotiations and interest arbitrations including leading awards in both sectors addressing past and current leading issues such as 24-hour shifts (fire), availability/scheduling (paramedics), and benefits and compensation issues (both).
Obtained an injunction on behalf of a municipality imposing limits on strike picketing at facilities hosting the World Junior Hockey Championships.
Obtained an injunction on behalf of a municipality imposing limits on strike picketing at facilities hosting the World Junior Hockey Championships.
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.