Advisor to the Council of Ontario Universities on mandatory vaccination and pandemic regulatory compliance.
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.
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding workload issues arising from the pandemic.
Counsel for a university at successful arbitration regarding collective agreement interpretation and term appointments.
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding the recognition clause of a collective agreement and the meaning of the word “teach.”
Counsel for a hospital at arbitration in successfully upholding discharge for breach of privacy.
Counsel for a school board client in successfully resisting expansion of bargaining unit to include deliberately excluded positions.
Counsel for a hospital in a decision regarding the entitlement of nurses to pay during periods of self-isolation.
Co-counsel for a university client at an interest arbitration involving issues of equity.
Counsel for university clients on various labour matters regarding human rights, collective agreement interpretation, disciplinary and pandemic-related matters.
Successfully argued multiple summary hearings at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to dismiss applications on a preliminary basis.