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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Fortress Real Developments Inc. v. Franklin, 2018 ONSC 296; 288 A.C.W.S. (3d) 150
Successfully represented plaintiffs, leading authority on availability of pre-trial injunctive relief to restrain defamatory statements against partners of international law firm.
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Represented a leading Canadian pension fund in an investigation launched by the Ontario Securities Commission into insider trading
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Moore v. British Columbia (Education)
Counsel to International Dyslexia Association (Ontario Branch) in the Supreme Court of Canada in case involving discrimination against students with severe learning disabilities.
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Represented Aerospace Client in Complex Product Liability Dispute
Confidential settlement achieved.
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Ultracuts v. Magicuts, 2023 MBCA 71
Successful at the Court of Appeal of Manitoba in overturning a trial judgement awarded against the defendants for $34.5 million in damages.
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Quashed summonses served on plaintiff’s counsel in an ongoing proceeding alleging fraud and theft against the defendants who had also been criminally charged
Defendants’ counsel served summonses to witness on plaintiff’s counsel seeking to examine them on their involvement in the laying of criminal charges against the defendants
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Regulatory Litigation
Counsel to an international accounting firm in connection with various regulatory matters.
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Elliot Lake Commission of Inquiry
Counsel to former Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and his staff members in the Elliot Lake Mall Collapse Public Inquiry.
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Acting for an Industrial Scrap Producer in an Action Seeking $10M in Damages from Scrapyards for the Theft of Scrap Metal Over Several Years
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Hogarth v. Hogarth (2016), 131 O.R. (3d) 736, 2016 ONSC 3875, 2016 ONSC 5131 (costs)
Successfully resisted disqualification motion, and motion for leave to appeal, on behalf of leading family law lawyer.
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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.