Mandates

Bombardier Inc. v. AS Estonian Air, 2014 ONCA 41

Successfully represented Republic of Estonia and Estonian Air in Ontario Court of Appeal establishing scope of commercial exception in State Immunity Act.

Successfully represented UWO a precedent-setting insurance case regarding insurance allocation issues

Represented the Director of a Public Company in a Breach of Contract and Wrongful Termination Action

Cyber Insurance Expertise

Assisted financial institutions in placing complex billion-dollar cyber insurance programs.

Acting for a senior executive in connection with claims for wrongful dismissal and $10 million in unpaid performance-based compensation

Acted as investigator for the Ontario Hockey League in its investigation of the ownership of the Flint Michigan Firebirds

Successfully Obtained an Injunction Compelling the Return of Sensitive Information to a Large Public Sector Union

Secured an Order mandating the immediate return of the union’s network and server data, along with an accounting by third parties of all network information accessed while under their possession.

Praxair Canada Inc.

Defence counsel in a high profile class action involving the destruction of human biological reproductive materials arising from the failure of a cryopreservation storage tank.

Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta (2007), 281 D.L.R. (4th) 125, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 3, 2007 SCC 22

Federalism appeal concerning banks’ constitutional challenge to provincial ability to apply market conduct regulation to promotion and distribution of certain types of insurance.

Leavens et al. v Schwartz

Successful in enforcing a buy/sell clause in a USA before the Commercial List.

Advised a health services company on media relations resulting in a published retraction in a major Canadian newspaper

1176560 Ontario Ltd. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada Ltd., 2002 CanLII 6199 (ON SC)

Successfully represented plaintiffs in leading authority on enjoining defendant misconduct during class action certification period.