Successfully defended a public district school board in a claim of racial discrimination by an educational assistant.
Practice Area: Human Rights
Have obtained judgments at Summary Hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissing applications in advance of hearings on the merits.
Have obtained judgments at Summary Hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissing applications in advance of hearings on the merits.
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.
Successful in representing an educational institution in having a long-running human rights proceeding dismissed for abuse of process; reconsideration request denied.
Successful in representing an educational institution in having a long-running human rights proceeding dismissed for abuse of process; reconsideration request denied.
Acted as counsel to a major steel producer in the 2004 HRTO decision that established the duty of accommodation as based on the employees’ needs rather than their preferences.
Acted as counsel to a major steel producer in the 2004 HRTO decision that established the duty of accommodation as based on the employees’ needs rather than their preferences.
Represented a large Ontario public school board in an arbitration that resulted in the dismissal of an accommodation claim that sought to create a position for a teacher composed of valuable tasks previously assigned to other teachers.
Represented a large Ontario public school board in a 2015 arbitration that resulted in the dismissal of an accommodation claim that sought to create a position for a teacher composed of valuable tasks previously assigned to other teachers.
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.
Successfully represented a health services employer at arbitration and at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in a grievance and an application brought by unionized employee alleging reprisal resulting from association with transgendered employee.
Successfully represented employer at arbitration and at Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in grievance and application brought by unionized employee alleging reprisal resulting from association with transgendered employee.
Resolved age discrimination application under Canadian Human Rights Act.
Resolved age discrimination application under Canadian Human Rights Act.