Mandates

Successfully represented plaintiff in defamation proceedings, precedent setting decision on Islamaphobic speech, defences of responsible communication and justification.

Successfully obtained a Mareva injunction against offshore hedge funds and related parties and assisted clients in a related OSC proceeding.

Successfully represented plaintiff in defamation and injunction, record award for defamation.

Successfully represented borrower at trial and in British Columbia Court of Appeal, duty of borrower to draw down on executed special purpose credit agreement.

Counsel to a multi-national public power generation company in connection with litigation related to the Hearn Substation which powers the City of Toronto.

Successfully struck claims of 700 former employees commenced after a limitation period had expired.

Representing a global law firm named as a defendant in the ongoing defence of a proposed national class action filed in Saskatchewan relating to the failure of a tax shelter program.

Pro bono counsel in a Federal Court judicial review application brought by the Bank of Nova Scotia, seeking to set aside a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission to refer a former employee’s…

Representing a financial advisory firm in a dispute over fees earned in connection with a debt financing engagement.

Counsel to Donald Trump and two Trump corporations in 20 different claims brought by purchasers of units in the former Trump International Hotel Toronto.

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