Successfully defended against a human rights application alleging discrimination at hiring. The case was dismissed at an early stage.
Practice Area: Human Rights
Successfully defended an employer at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario with respect to an application claiming discrimination on the basis of race, place of origin, ethnic origin and ancestry.
Successfully defended an employer at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario with respect to an application claiming discrimination on the basis of race, place of origin, ethnic origin and ancestry.
Successfully defended against human rights-based allegations, including allegations of systemic discrimination, concerning a large national employer’s hiring practices. Successfully had decision upheld on judicial review, at both superior court and appellate court levels (leave to Supreme Court of Canada denied).
Successfully defended against human rights-based allegations, including allegations of systemic discrimination, concerning a large national employer’s hiring practices. Successfully upheld decision on judicial review, at both superior court and appellate court levels (leave to Supreme Court of Canada denied).
Successfully resisted request for substantial production order at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of a municipal client.
Successfully resisted request for substantial production order at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of a municipal client.
Successfully argued a summary hearing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to dismiss application alleging a school board’s failure to accommodate a disabled employee.
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.
Successfully defended a hospital against a human rights application brought by a current employee alleging discrimination on the basis of race.
Successfully defended a hospital against a human rights application brought by a current employee alleging discrimination on the basis of race.
Defended a human rights application asserting systemic racial discrimination on the part of the school board.
Assisted a school board defending a human rights application asserting systemic racial discrimination on the part of the school board.
Obtained a preliminary dismissal of a grievance on the grounds that the grievor’s alleged religious observances did not attract the protections of the Human Rights Code.
Successfully argued a motion to have a grievance dismissed on a preliminary basis on the grounds that the grievor’s alleged religious observances did not attract the protections of the Human Rights Code.
Successfully argued for the summary dismissal of a human rights proceeding brought against a school board.
Successfully argued for the summary dismissal of a human rights proceedings brought against a school board.
Represented a retail employer to successfully oppose broadening of a human rights application to seek a form of accommodation not required by the Human Rights Code.
Represented a retail employer to successfully oppose broadening of a human rights application to seek a form of accommodation not required by the Human Rights Code.