Mandates

Counsel to the appellant director at the Supreme Court of Canada in the leading case on personal liability of directors for oppression.

Successfully represented respondent to application for an interlocutory injunction pending a complaint before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

Lead counsel for Boliden Minerals in its successful claim against FQM Kevitsa for damages in excess of Euro 38 million arising from a tax indemnity in a share purchase agreement.

Successfully represented member of provincial parliament in defamation proceedings against national media, scope of defences of justification and responsible journalism.

Acting in appeal to the Court of Appeal in case concerning imposition of a stay arising from inadvertent receipt of privileged information.

See: Waheed, Re 2014 CarswellOnt 11912

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. 

After having resisted the respondents’ application to convert the petition proceeding into an action and thereby eliminating a number of issues between the parties on a summary basis, obtained judgmen…

Acted for the TCDSB and the successful candidate in an October 2022 Toronto school board trustee election in responding to a recount application under the Ontario Municipal Elections Act.

Successfully represented Canada’s largest mental health hospital, jurisdictional boundary between criminal court and hospitals in allocation of health resources for court ordered psychiatric remand.

Conducted confidential internal investigations for a major Canadian sports league concerning team owners’ compliance with league by-laws.

Counsel on a national class action on behalf of class members who were insured for business interruption coverage with Aviva but were denied coverage.