Successfully defended a school board in a human rights application brought by a former student.
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 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 argued to have a reprisal complaint filed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act dismissed for delay.
Represented multiple school boards in claims relating to enrolment in the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System.
Successfully represented a school board in an appeal before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeal Tribunal, resulting in the Tribunal denying entitlement for loss of earning benefits.
Successfully represented a school board at the Divisional Court with respect to a motion seeking leave to intervene in a judicial review application.
Successfully argued summary hearing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to dismiss application alleging a school board’s failure to accommodate a disabled employee.
Assisted school board clients in successful application to the Ontario Labour Relations Board in respect of an unlawful strike.
Defended a human rights application asserting systemic racial discrimination on the part of the school board.