Successful in defending a transit company’s ability to maintain its Twitter account.
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Successfully defended the dismissal of an employee who had improperly sought disability benefits. The decision to deny the benefits was upheld on appeal.
Successful judicial review on an issue in an interest arbitration between a transit company and its union.
Successfully defended an interlocutory injunction brought against a transit company’s mandatory vaccination policy.
Won an arbitration case limiting an employer’s liability in cases of Occupational Health & Safety Act violations.
Successful in limiting a school board’s liability in a grievance seeking over 30 years of retroactive enrollment in OMERS.
Represented an employer at arbitration where the dismissal of an employee for fraudulently claiming benefits over a prolonged period relating to various absences was successfully upheld.
Represented an employer and insurance company at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario successfully arguing that the practice of coordination of spousal benefits is not discriminatory.
Successfully represented various school boards at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in the decision that found ETFO to have engaged in an illegal strike by counseling its members in concert to refuse extra-curricular duties.
* past results are not necessarily indicative of future results and outcomes will vary according to the facts in individual cases