Areas of Practice

Municipal Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Estate Litigation

List of Reported Decisions

Municipal Defence Litigation

1. Ma v. Wainfleet Township, 2023 ONSC 4540 (CanLII)

2. TSSA v. Kawartha Lakes, 2016 CanLII 41685 (ON ERT)

3. Nirula v. Niagara Region, 2016 CanLII 4099

4. Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town) 2016 ONSC 1122 (CanLII)

5. Kawartha Lakes v. Gendron et al 2012, ONSC 2035

6. Vicari v. Toronto (City) (April 8, 2009) Toronto 04-CV-262647CM2 (Sup. Ct.).

7. Cartner v. Burlington (City), [2008] O.J. No. 2986 (S.C.J.), supplementary reasons given at [2008] O.J. No. 5406 (S.C.J.).

8. Craig v. Toronto (City), [2008] O.J. No. 1664, 167 A.C.W.S. (3d) 257 (S.C.J.).

9. Johnson v. Milton (Town), [2006] O.J. No. 3232, 25 M.P.L.R. (4th) 17, 2006 CanLII 27234, 150 A.C.W.S. (3d) 504, 2006 CarswellOnt 4859 (S.C.J.), aff’d [2008] O.J. No. 2157, 2008 ONCA 440, 45 M.P.L.R. (4th) 74, 2008 CarswellOnt 3232, 239 O.A.C. 122, 91 O.R. (3d) 190 (C.A.).

10. Peel (Municipality) v. Baldassare, 2007 ONCA 634, 160 A.C.W.S. (3d) 354 (C.A.).

11. Dow v. Skyran Homes Inc., [2005] O.J. No. 5672, 19 M.P.L.R. (4th) 46, 2005 CarswellOnt 7741(C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. discontinued, [2006] S.C.C.A. No. 199, related proceeding at: [2005] O.J. No. 2190, 139 A.C.W.S. (3d) 823 (S.C.J.).

12. Leslie v. Mississauga (City), [2003] O.J. No. 1188, [2003] O.T.C. 253, 37 M.P.L.R. (3d) 211, 121 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1168 (S.C.J.), reconsideration allowed, [2003] O.J. No. 4410, [2003] O.T.C. 1001, 43 C.P.C. (5th) 367, 43 M.P.L.R. (3d) 274, 126 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1049 (S.C.J.) aff’d [2006] O.J. No. 2927, 81 O.R. (3d) 415, 34 C.P.C. (6th) 400, 30 M.P.L.R. (4th) 45, 150 A.C.W.S. (3d) 505, 2006 CarswellOnt 4693(S.C.J. (Div. Ct.)).

13. Inder Estates Ltd. v. Brampton (City), [2005] O.J. No. 1833 (S.C.J.).

4. McNulty v. Brampton (City), [2004] O.J. No. 3240, [2004] O.T.C. 682, 132 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1000 (S.C.J.).

15. Milnes v. Burlington (City), [2004] C.C.S. No. 9440, [2004] O.J. No. 1407 (S.C.J.).

16. Gorscak v. 1138319 Ontario Inc., [2003] O.J. No. 3822, [2003] O.T.C. 857, 27 C.L.R. (3d) 307, 42 M.P.L.R. (3d) 255, 125 A.C.W.S. (3d) 707 (S.C.J.).

17. Brunetta v. Brampton (City), [2004] O.J. No. 2239, [2004] O.T.C. 453, 131 A.C.W.S. (3d) 561 (S.C.J.).

18. Dunn v. Mississauga (City), [2000] O.J. No. 4833, [2000] O.T.C. 907, 16 M.P.L.R. (3d) 153, 101 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1183 (S.C.J.), aff’d [2001] O.J. No. 1806, [2001] O.T.C. 346, 105 A.C.W.S. (3d) 143 (S.C.J.).

19. Shani v. Mississauga (City), [2000] O.J. No. 2941 (C.A.).

20. MacMaster (Litigation Guardian of) v. York (Regional Municipality), [1997] O.J. No. 3928, 42 M.P.L.R. (2d) 90 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.), aff’d [2000] O.J. No. 1404, 132 O.A.C. 57, 11 M.P.L.R. (3d) 7, 96 A.C.W.S. (3d) 521, (2000) 11 M.P.L.R. (3d) 7, 132 O.A.C. 57 (C.A.), supplementary reasons at [2000] O.J. No. 2941, 98 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1163 (C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. dismissed, [2000] S.C.C.A. No. 305.

21. Peckham v. Mississauga (City), [1997] O.J. No. 3602, 40 O.T.C. 79, 73 A.C.W.S. (3d) 847 (Ont. Ct. Gen Div.), leave to appeal to Div. Ct. granted, [1997] O.J. No. 5269 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.), rev’d [1998] O.J. No. 1290, 114 O.A.C. 198, 45 M.P.L.R. (2d) 279, 78 A.C.W.S. (3d) 605 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.), leave to appeal to the C.A. denied, [1998] O.J. No. 2465 (C.A.).

22. Taylor v. Toronto Board of Education, [1998] O.J. No. 3988 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.), supplementary reasons at [1998] O.J. No. 4501 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.).

Charter Cases

23. R. v. Bernardo sub. nom. French Estate v. Ontario (Attorney General), 157 D.L.R. (4th) 170, 122 C.C.C. (3d) 475, 50 C.R.R. (2d) 171, 108 O.A.C. 93, 16 C.R. (5th) 103 (C.A.).

24. French Estate v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1996] O.J. No. 1300, 134 D.L.R. (4th) 587, 106 C.C.C. (3d) 193, 36 C.R.R. (2d) 168, 62 A.C.W.S. (3d) 689, 30 W.C.B. (2d) 532 (Ont. Ct. Gen Div.), aff’d [1998] O.J. No. 752 (C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. dismissed, [1998] S.C.C.A. No. 139, 61 C.R.R. (2d) 376.

25. Bracken v. Town of Fort Erie, 2016 ONSC 1122 (CanLII)

Commercial Litigation

26. Avedian v. Enbridge Gas, 2021 ONCA 361 (CanLII)

27. Sase Aggregate Ltd v. Langdon, 2023 ONCA 644

28. Macquarrie v. National Bank Life Insurance, 2015 ONCA 100 CanLIIi

29. Afzal v. National Bank of Canada 2014, ONCA 2016State Bank of India v. Navaratna, [2004] O.J. No. 2035, 131 A.C.W.S. (3d) 38 (S.C.J.).

30. State Bank of India v. Kothari, [2002] O.J. No. 1203, [2002] O.T.C. 208, 113 A.C.W.S. (3d) 785 (S.C.J.), related proceeding at [2001] O.J. No. 4925, [2001] O.T.C. 902, 110 A.C.W.S. (3d) 424 (S.C.J.).

31. Voulgarakis v. 730048 Ontario Ltd., [1999] O.J. No. 4442, 40 C.P.C. (4th) 288 (S.C.J.).

32. Sier Bath Deck Gear Corp. and Polymotion Ltd. [Indexed as: Sier Bath Deck Gear Corp. v. Polymotion Ltd.], 30 O.R. (3d) 736, [1996] O.J. No. 3594 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.).

Estate Litigation

33. Tokarsky v. Tokarsky, [2004] O.J. No. 2765, 132 A.C.W.S. (3d) 395 (S.C.J.).

34. Sinicropi Estate (Re), [2003] O.J. No. 538 (S.C.J.).

35. Molnar Estate (Re), [1997] O.J. No. 4062, 43 O.T.C. 395, 19 E.T.R. (2d) 319, 74 A.C.W.S. (3d) 545 (Ont. Ct. Gen. Div.).

Environmental Litigation

36. TSSA v. Kawartha Lakes, 2016 CanLII 41685 (ON ERT)

37. Nirula v. Niagara Region, 2016 CanLII 4099

38. Kawartha Lakes v. Gendron et al 2012, ONSC 2035