Successfully represented a city with respect to a motion to compel the mayor to appear as the representative for examination for discovery.
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 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 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 a university at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario with respect to an application claiming discrimination on the basis of disability.
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 defended a hospital at arbitration in relation to its job posting and selection process.
Successfully upheld the decision of a large public sector employer to dismiss a long-term employee for sexual harassment in the workplace.
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 represented a large quasi-judicial administrative agency in courts in three Canadian provinces, concerning actions taken to protect against abuse of its processes.