Successfully argued for the early dismissal of an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code for a major financial institution.
Practice Area: Litigation
Obtained an order imposing limits on picketers during a lengthy strike, pursuant to a labour injunction for a municipal client.
Obtained an order imposing limits on picketers during a lengthy strike, pursuant to a labour injunction for a municipal client.
Successfully defended against a wrongful dismissal action for a client in the manufacturing industry.
Successfully defended against a wrongful dismissal action for a client in the manufacturing industry.
Represented a large retail sector employer in the transition of its extensive employee benefits platform to new insurers, negotiating all aspects of the new insurance and service-related contracts.
Represented a large retail sector employer in the transition of its extensive employee benefits platform to new insurers, negotiating all aspects of the new insurance and service related contracts.
Pension counsel to one of Canada’s leading steel producers in its Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act restructuring.
Pension counsel to one of Canada’s leading steel producers in its Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act restructuring.
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 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 represented a school board at the Divisional Court with respect to a motion seeking leave to intervene in a judicial review application.
Successfully defended an administrative agency’s jurisdiction and reasonable exercise of discretion before Court of Appeal of Ontario.
Successfully defended an administrative agency’s jurisdiction and reasonable exercise of discretion before Court of Appeal of Ontario.
Successfully represented a university at a judicial review application at the Divisional Court where an arbitration award upholding the dismissal of a professor was challenged.
Successfully represented a university at a judicial review application at the Divisional Court where an arbitration award upholding the dismissal of a professor was challenged.
Successfully upheld the decision of a large public sector employer to dismiss an employee with more than 20 years service for cause based on negligent performance of duties. Successfully upheld arbitrator’s decision on judicial review (leave to Court of Appeal denied).
Successfully upheld the decision of a large public sector employer to dismiss an employee with more than 20 years service, for cause, based on negligent performance of duties. Successfully upheld arbitrator’s decision, on judicial review, in superior court (leave to Court of Appeal denied).