Mandates

Acted in a significant construction arbitration defending $450 million claim arising out of construction of a hydro-electric generation project (2018-2022).

Successful on a motion to dismiss an action and strike a defence after the responding party failed to comply with court orders, including a peremptory order, to produce relevant documents.

Successfully represented applicants in proceeding challenging the use of an unfair form of proxy in connection with a contested general meeting of a non-profit corporation.

Successful defence of claim alleging invention and ownership of proprietary Tim Card.

Counsel to defendant in a secondary-market securities class action alleging that the defendant company’s financial statements and other disclosure documents contained untrue representations.

Counsel to a large engineering firm in a complex, multi-party action involving Toronto’s electrical substation.

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

Counsel to Transport Canada in an application for judicial review concerning the refusal of an individual’s application for security clearance to work at Pearson Airport.

Counsel to the CCLA in a constitutional case which addressed whether physicians may refuse to provide a referral for certain medical services on religious grounds.

Acted for Canadian Bar Association in leading case concerning conflict of interest and scope of lawyer’s duty of loyalty.