Mandates
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Success at Arbitration and Agreements to Agree
Successfully responded to a motion for partial summary judgment to enforce a contract between shareholders of a private corporation.
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Matthiessen et al v. Mondex ONSC 2024
Successfully represented heirs recovering Chagall painting purloined by Nazis.
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Successfully represented a manufacturer in recovering $60 million from its insurers to rebuild a destroyed manufacturing plant
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Trent Leis v. Jei Lee et al.
Counsel to the former co-owner of an IT security compliance company, and the respondents in oppression application alleging breaches of a unanimous shareholder agreement, breaches of fiduciary duties,…
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Currently acting for trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of a bankrupt involving allegations of use of sham trusts to shield assets from creditors
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U.K. Insurance Arbitration
Successfully represented a client in a U.K. insurance arbitration arising from alleged defects in one of Canada’s biggest construction projects.
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GDL Solutions Inc. v. Walker et al., 2012 ONSC 4378
Successfully represented employer in injunctive proceeding to prevent use of confidential information and breach of restrictive covenants.
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Locking v. McCowan et al [2015] O.J. No. 4363
Counsel to a former trustee of a REIT in the ongoing defence of a claim for breach of trust by unitholders.
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Baroch v. Canada Cartage, 2021 ONSC 7376
Successfully represented class members in class action for unpaid overtime by a national trucking and logistics company.
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Aroma Franchise Company, Inc. v. Aroma Espresso Bar Canada Inc., 2024 ONCA 839
Acted for interveners ADRIC and TCAS on leading case on arbitrators’ duties of disclosure, independence and impartiality.
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Ruparell v. J.H. Cochrane Investments Inc. et al., 2021 ONCA 880
Obtained a $5 million judgment for breach of an oral contract for the purchase and sale of a Volkswagen dealership and surrounding land in Markham, Ontario.