Mandates
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Dispute Over Fees Earned in a Debt Financing Engagement
Representing a financial advisory firm in a dispute over fees earned in connection with a debt financing engagement.
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Singh v. Trump, 2018 ONSC 4649
Counsel to Donald Trump and two Trump corporations in 20 different claims brought by purchasers of units in the former Trump International Hotel Toronto.
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Sorenson v. Easyhome Ltd.
Acted on a secondary-market securities class action alleging that the defendant company’s financial statements and other disclosure documents contained untrue representations.
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WSIB Investments (Infrastructure Pooled Investment Trust) v. Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.
Representing a leading P3 infrastructure manager in an appeal from a $260 million judgment concerning breaches of contract and fiduciary duty.
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Figueiras v. (York) Police Services Board, 2013 ONSC 7419
Acted pro bono for a successful complainant under the Police Services Act in an application to the Divisional Court related to the G20 Summit.
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Representing Quinlan Brothers Limited against a group of insurers for business interruption losses arising from a plant fire
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McCain v. Melanson, 134 O.R. (3d) 282
Successfully represented trial counsel, leading authority on disqualification of counsel.
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Canadian Union of Public Employees v. Canada (Minister of Transport) and Sunwing Airlines Inc., 2016 FC 120, aff’d 2017 FCA 164
Acted for Sunwing Airlines in judicial review application and appeal.
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R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53
Successfully represented Canadian Civil Liberties Association in Supreme Court of Canada, scope of expectation of privacy in content of employer owned computers.
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Nissan Canada Inc. v. Lorion, 2016 ONCA 811
Successfully resisted an appeal in the Ontario Court of Appeal concerning the decision of an arbitrator to reopen an arbitration against a major car manufacturer on the basis of fresh evidence.
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Paramount Fine Foods v. Kevin J. Johnston, 2019 ONSC 2910
Successfully represented plaintiff in defamation and injunction, record award for defamation.
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2293611 Ontario Inc. v. Jsegal Holdings Limited, 2016 ONSC 7577
Successfully represented respondent in appeal from arbitration award dismissing a claim to rectify a unanimous shareholders’ agreement (“USA”).