Mandates

Successfully represented applicant in leading authority on availability of mareva injunction to enforce foreign non-monetary award.

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

Counsel to former Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and his staff members in the Elliot Lake Mall Collapse Public Inquiry.

2017 ONSC 3448

Successfully represented Hudson’s Bay Company in Superior Court and Ontario Court of Appeal, leading authority on assignability of commercial land leases and Partnership Act.

Leading authority on breach of privacy class action and adequate alternate remedy under statute.

Counsel to plaintiff beneficiary in a significant will and trust challenge.

Successfully represented a client in a U.K. insurance arbitration arising from alleged defects in one of Canada’s biggest construction projects.

Successfully represented client at trial and obtained judgment, upheld on appeal, for specific performance of the sale of a self-storage property in Windsor as well as related damages.

Counsel for a prominent energy derivative trader in the successful defence of insider trader proceedings before the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and the Alberta Cou…

Successfully obtained summary judgment of claims for copyright infringement with respect to Actuate’s software.