Mandates

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.

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

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.

Represented Medbuy Corporation, a group purchasing organization, in a class action brought by cancer patients who received defective or diluted chemotherapy medication in the course of their treatment…

Successfully represented Irving Oil against CV Starr Insurance in a complex claim for liability coverage arising out of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster.

Successfully represented an industry association in an arbitration over the terms of its contract with several of Canada’s major cable services providers.

Successfully represented plaintiffs, leading authority on compellability of cabinet ministers and scope of parliamentary privilege.

Successfully represented developers in proceedings under Planning Act to regulate uses of single-family residential dwellings.