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.
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.
Successfully defended a construction association and its executive director against an injunction attempting to prevent the implementation of a collective agreement provision brought by an individual contractor.
Successfully defended large power sector client against a grievance in the construction industry regarding the removal of a long-standing benefit not captured by the collective agreement language.
Successfully represented a financial institution at trial in defending a claim relating to incentive compensation.
Successfully represented a mining company in a judicial review application from an arbitrator’s decision upholding an employee’s termination for falsifying records.
Successfully represented a hospital in a judicial review application relating to jurisdiction of an arbitrator to hear a significant pension claim.
Successfully represented an airline on a multi-party judicial review application relating to a major reorganization.
Represented a media company plan administrator before the Ontario Superior Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a precedent-setting case establishing the standard for separation agreement language needed to create a pension plan assignment following a member’s marriage breakdown.