Mandates

  • Catastrophic Oil Spill Claim

    Successfully represented a natural resources company in recovering insurance proceeds for losses arising from one of the biggest oil spills in North American history.

  • Mirembe v. Tarshis, 2003 CanLII 22082 (ON CA)

    Successfully represented surgeon at trial and Ontario Court of Appeal in pharmaceutical toxicity test case.

  • Acting for a purchaser of a large commercial building in Sudbury in an action seeking $5 million in damages from the seller for concealment of hidden defects in the building

  • PACE Credit Union v. Smith

    Acted for a credit union in an action to recover tens of millions of dollars from former executives, directors, officers, and third parties.

  • Successfully represented an estate trustee in claims brought against the estate by certain beneficiaries

  • 2668602 Ontario Inc. v. GWL Realty Advisors Inc., 2024 ONSC 6913

    Counsel to a first secured creditor in a high-stakes and fast-moving insolvency of the Bowring Canada and Bombay & Co. home decor stores.

  • Counsel to a distributor of retail products in connection with a claim for wrongful dismissal and breach of privacy

  • Obtained Mareva injunctions freezing the assets of former employees and their families in two different cases of potential fraud perpetrated on the employer

  • DBDC Spadina Ltd. v. Walton, 2014 ONSC 3052

    Successfully obtained order for payout of mortgage and dismissal of motion claiming the mortgage was unenforceable, void or inoperative.

  • Nadarajalingam v. Zhao, 2018 ONSC 849

    Represented the defendant in claims arising from a real estate development project.

  • Successfully represented a group of school bus companies in a multi-million dollar arbitration over damages for past breaches of contract and to set the terms of a future contract

  • Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 and Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66

    Counsel for intervener Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals regarding standard of review in administrative law.