With the largest Commercial Litigation Practice in Peel Region, we have vast expertise to provide legal advice and representation in complex litigation matters.
Taking the time to understand our clients’ goals and priorities, we provide innovative solutions to help them get the best outcome possible.
We apply a business approach to commercial disputes, recognizing the benefits of litigation avoidance and early extraction strategies. No matter what the dispute, we provide clients with a litigation strategy that is right for them.
Our advice is designed to minimize and avoid risks using negotiation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve commercial disputes with a minimum of business interruption.
But sometimes, our clients’ interests are best served by decisive and aggressive action in the courts. Our team has an enviable track record. Our litigators have extensive trial and appellate experience and have fought numerous motions over injunctive remedies.
- Administrative Law,
- Advising on BIA Proceedings,
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration & Mediation),
- Appeals,
- Arbitration,
- Commercial Disputes,
- Commercial Receiverships,
- Commercial Tenancy Disputes,
- Conducting Mediations,
- Construction Litigation,
- Contract Disputes,
- Copyright Infringement,
- Corporate and Shareholder Disputes,
- Corporate Bankruptcy Petitions,
- Corporate Restructuring,
- Creditor Remedies,
- Creditor/Debtor Rights,
- Defamation,
- Employment Litigation,
- Environmental Liability,
- Estate Litigation,
- Expropriation,
- Financial, Mortgage and Title Fraud,
- Health Law,
- Injunctive Remedies,
- Insurance Law,
- Mortgage Enforcement,
- Priority Disputes,
- Product Liability,
- Professional Liability and Negligence,
- Property Loss Claims,
- Real Estate and Land Development Litigation,
- Regulatory Liability,
- Risk Management,
- Secured and Unsecured Transactions,
- Trademark Infringement and Passing-Off Litigation
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- Ex Parte Motions to Vacate Liens vs. Ex Parte Motions to Declare Liens Expired – Different Burdens on the Moving Party
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- Landlords Must Act in Good Faith, or Pay the Price
- Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Limitation Period for Setting Aside a Fraudulent Conveyance
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- Joint Tenancy and Debt Enforcement: Insights From the Senthillmohan Case
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- Landlords and the Duty of Good Faith
- A Motion to Strike Gone Wrong – The Court’s Inability to Address Mental Health and Vexatious Litigants
- Adverse Possession, Dispossession, and the Interplay between the LTA and RPLA
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- Advantages of Trademark Registration for Your Client’s Business
- Prejudice to Innocent Third Parties Not an Absolute Bar to Rescission
- Court of Appeal Upholds Power of Sale Safe Harbour Protection
- To Be or Not to Be, the Estate Trustee
- Disposing Assets on the Eve of Insolvency – Court Revisits the Test for Fraudulent Conveyance
- The Interplay Between Benefits Under a Trust and Bankruptcy: A Beneficiary Cannot Shield Its Obligations to Creditors by Hiding Behind the Terms of a Trust
- Buyer Awarded $11 Million in Damages After Seller Held Liable for Aborted Real Estate Transaction
- Boomerang Summary Judgment – The Latest Evolution in Ontario’s Ever-Changing Summary Judgment Regime
- Limitation Periods and Debtor Obligations – Recent Decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal may have Unintended Consequences
- How to Measure Damages from Failed Development Deals: Superior Court Weighs in
- Court of Appeal Sends Crosstown LRT COVID-19 Decision Back for Rehearing
- Court Permits Extension of Time for Discovery in Simplified Procedure Action
- Guarantors Cannot Escape Their Obligations to Lenders Through Separate Agreements if the Result Is Unfair
- Anticipated Changes to Rules Effective March 31, 2022 Regarding Pre-trials and Expert Reports
- When Is It Too Late to Arbitrate?
- New Anti-money Laundering Measures Enacted by LSO
- The Summary Judgment Analysis and Collateral Oral Agreements to Written Contracts
- Due Diligence and Real Estate Transactions: Always Know What You’re Getting Into
- Can a Policy Breach Result in a Denial of Coverage Even When Discovered Late in the Litigation?
- Municipality Does Not Bear Responsibility for Misrepresentations During Rezoning
- The Potential Pitfalls of Funding Development Projects Through Commitment Letters
- Due Diligence: Court Cases Illustrate Why You Must Try Before You Buy
- When Does a Claim Have to Get Started? As Soon as It’s Known, Even if It Can’t Be Proven
- Always Read Before You Sign: When a Contract Is Clear, Courts Will Not Look Past the Written Words
- SCC Clarifies the “New” Standard for the Commencement of the Limitations Period
- Good Faith and Contractual Performance: A Party cannot use a limitation of Liability Clause to Escape its own Deceitful Behaviour
- Commercial Leases in the Age of COVID-19: Tenant Once Again Ordered to Pay Rent Even if the Landlord Was Not Pulling Its Weight
- Municipality Not Responsible for Misrepresentations During Rezoning: Ont. Court
- Renewal of a Commercial Lease – A Landlord’s Silence Does Not Amount to Bad Faith
- Are These Expert Fees Reasonable?
- Application of the Test for Admission of Fresh Evidence
- Does the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, Relieve Liability?
- Is a Text Message a Valid “Signature” Under the Law? A Recent Decision Says Yes
- Court Sets Aside Power of Sale Transfer to Good Faith Buyer
- The Defence of non est factum – When It Will (and Won’t) Succeed
- Was the House Vacant When the Home Owner Moved Out for Medical Treatment?
- Are Costs Not Justified for a Successful Party – One With Insurance?
- Ontario Superior Court Clarifies the Test to Establish Adverse Possession Over Land
- Court Provides Guidance on When Leases Can (and Cannot) Be Transferred
- Lawyers Swearing Affidavits
- Court Provides Guidance on ‘Concurrent Delays’ in Large-Scale Developments
- Damages for Lost Opportunity Cannot Be Awarded in a Failed Real Estate Transaction
- The Cost Consequences of Playing Hardball
- The Court of Appeal’s Recent Decision on Social Host Liability
- Lower Court Applies the Supreme Court’s New Guidance on Honest Contractual Performance
- COVID and the Courts: The Year in Review
- The Supreme Court of Canada Examines the Doctrine of “Good Faith” in the Exercise of Contractual Discretion
- Caplan v. Atas – the New Tort of Harassment in Internet Communications
- Ontario Superior Court Applies New Non-Enforcement Provisions in the Commercial Tenancies Act
- Court of Appeal Orders Security for a Trial Judgment for the First Time in Ontario
- Recent SCC Decision on Pre-Incorporation Contracts Could Affect Ontario Not-for-Profits
- Ontario Superior Court Refuses to Break up a Major Deal as a Result of the Disruption Caused by COVID-19
- Canada’s Highest Courts Deliver a Series of Landmark Decisions on Contract Law
- Ontario Government Enacts Legislation to Protect Commercial Tenants Amid Shutdowns
- Productions and Affidavit of Documents in Personal Injury Matters
- A Homebuyer Is Permitted to Rescind an Agreement of Purchase and Sale After Being Misled About the Size of the Property
- As Lockdown Measures Increase Across Ontario, Business and Other Entities Seek to Challenge Government-Mandated Protocols in Court
- Important Changes to the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure Arrive to Accommodate Civil Litigation Practice in the Time of COVID-19
- Interpretation of Emergency Legislation Cannot Be Sought in Superior Court
- Damages for Lost Opportunity Cannot Be Awarded in a Failed Real Estate Transaction
- Superior Court of Justice: Continued Suspension of In-Person Hearings
- Small Claims Court to Resume Limited Hearings
- The Government and Legal Profession Continue to Take Measures to Maintain Access to Justice in the Midst of the Pandemic
- Frustrated Contracts in the COVID-19 World
- Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms Landlord Liability in Third-Party Damages
- Remedies Update: Ontario Courts Provide Guidance on the Penalties of Breaching Contracts for Real Property Transactions
- Allocate More Resources to Small Claims Court to Alleviate Increased Burden
- Disclosure Obligations Are Not Just Evidentiary
- Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Long Overdue Guidance on Vesting Orders
- A New Game-Winning Strategy to Defend Against Summary Judgment
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