Mandates
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McKenna v. Gammon Gold et al.
Counsel to defendant in 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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Represented a leading Canadian pension fund in an investigation launched by the Ontario Securities Commission into insider trading
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Successfully represented an investment fund in recovering insurance proceeds for misrepresentation claims
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Christie v. Canada
Counsel to Transport Canada in an application for judicial review concerning the refusal of an individual’s application for security clearance to work at Pearson Airport.
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Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v. CPSO
Counsel to the CCLA in a constitutional case which addressed whether physicians may refuse to provide a referral for certain medical services on religious grounds.
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Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc. (2007), 281 D.L.R. (4th) 640, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 177, 2007 SCC 24
Acted for Canadian Bar Association in leading case concerning conflict of interest and scope of lawyer’s duty of loyalty.
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Singh v. Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, 2018 ONSC 203 (Div. Ct.)
Obtained an injunction against a candidate for a riding nomination who filed a transcript of a confidential settlement meeting and provided it to the press. Successfully defended appeal at the Divisio…
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Represented the Beaverbrook Foundation (on appeal) in respect of litigation between that Foundation and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery of New Brunswick
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R. v. N.S.
Counsel to the Barbra Schlifer Clinic in the Supreme Court of Canada in a case considering the balance between the freedom of religion and an accused’s fair trial rights.
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Successfully acted for a Windsor premium car brand dealer in obtaining interim relief preventing the termination of the dealer agreement by the manufacturer
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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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Chemtrade Electrochem Inc v. Superior Plus Corporation, 2025 ABCA 31
Successfully represented Superior Plus in Alberta Court of Appeal reversing trial judgment awarding $25 million Reverse Termination Fee after United States anti-trust merger review.