Recent Work

A sample of our most recent research, writing, and litigation support assignments.

August to September 2026

  • Notice of application for publication ban
  • Petition for coverage under CGL policy
  • Research re allocation of defence costs for covered and uncovered claims
  • Notice of civil claim alleging resulting trust, undue influence, fraud
  • Research re duty of regulatory college to give reasons
  • Response to civil claim in shareholder dispute
  • Research, drafting and trial support in fraudulent misrepresentation claim
  • Test for setting aside preservation order
  • Federal Court judicial review procedure

June to July 2026

  • Damages in wrongful death claim
  • Claims that can be brought by an estate
  • Petition Response on various issues under the Societies Act
  • Doctrine of ex turpi causa in contract and tort law
  • Memorandum of argument seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on statutory interpretation issue
  • Application Response in trust matter
  • Deductibility of collateral benefits in personal injury claims
  • Limitation periods in breach of trust and fiduciary duty actions
  • Response to Civil Claim in shareholder dispute: breach of loan agreement, conversion, unjust enrichment, resulting trust and equitable mortgage

April to May 2026

  • Winding up petitions
  • Standing of unincorporated associations
  • Closing submissions for trial in fraudulent misrepresentation and contractual matter
  • Damages for breach of the duty of good faith in contractual performance
  • Use of demonstrative aids at trial
  • Close connection test for discovery read-ins at trial
  • Admissibility of hypothetical evidence from lay witnesses
  • Admissibility under the business records exception
  • Trial submissions on adverse inference

Browse by Area of Law

Commercial & Contract Litigation

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Duty of good faith in contractual performance
  • Best efforts & reasonable efforts clauses
  • Lost profits
  • Loss of use of money
  • Loan agreements & equitable mortgages
  • Conversion & unjust enrichment
  • Ex turpi causa
  • Defamation & injurious falsehood

Insurance Coverage

  • CGL coverage petitions
  • Duty to defend
  • Allocation of defence costs
  • Intentional act & abuse exclusions
  • Faulty workmanship exclusions
  • Relief from forfeiture
  • D&O policies: right to choose counsel

Corporate, Shareholder & Societies Disputes

  • Shareholder disputes
  • Oppression remedy
  • Winding up petitions
  • Pre-incorporation contracts
  • Societies Act petitions
  • Setting aside society elections
  • Unincorporated associations

Trusts, Estates & Fiduciary Duties

  • Resulting trusts
  • Undue influence & unconscionability
  • Failure of purpose trusts
  • Claims by an estate
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Consent & acquiescence defences
  • Limitation periods for breach of trust

Constitutional, Administrative & Regulatory Law

  • Charter s. 7
  • Charter remedies & mandamus under s. 24(1)
  • Interim injunctions in Charter matters
  • s. 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982
  • Regulatory colleges: duty to give reasons
  • Compellability of regulatory college witnesses
  • Federal Court judicial review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Pension law

Trial, Evidence & Civil Procedure

  • Expert evidence: objections, qualifications, assumptions & conflicts
  • Business records exception
  • Hypothetical evidence from lay witnesses
  • Adverse inference
  • Demonstrative aids
  • Discovery read-ins
  • Re-examination
  • Compelling answers at examination for discovery
  • Adding defendants & misnomers
  • Preservation orders
  • Publication bans
  • Representative proceedings
  • Overlapping applications
  • Closing submissions

Employment & Human Rights

  • Wrongful dismissal damages
  • Notice periods for dependent contractors
  • Workplace sexual harassment
  • Injury to dignity awards

Personal Injury & Damages

  • Wrongful death damages
  • Collateral benefits deductibility
  • Negligence claims
  • Date of assessment of damages

Professional Negligence

  • Solicitors' standard of care
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Will drafting & execution
  • Trust drafting
  • Real estate transactions

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