Practice Areas - Civil Litigation
- Constitutional Law
- Family Law
- Child Support
- Child Custody
- Divorce
- Visitation Rights
- Equalization of Property
- General Practice
| - Labour and Employment
- Wrongful Dismissal
- Workplace Harassment
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Negligence
- Tort Law
- Product Liability
- Estate Litigation
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| University | University of Toronto, B.A., Political Science, with honors, 1987; University of Alberta; York University |
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| Law School | University of Ottawa, LL.B., 1993 |
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| Admitted | 1995, Ontario |
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| Memberships | Law Society of Upper Canada. |
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| Born | Hamilton, Ontario, July 20, 1964 |
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| Biography | Author: "Respect for International Law is an Unwritten Constitutional Principle," U of T Press, 2008; "Extending the Theory of the Unwritten Constitutional," 36 SCLR, 2ND, Forthcoming, 2007; "Extending Canada's Unwritten Constitution," National Journal of Constitutional Law, 2007; "Book Review: Abuse of Authority in the Workplace by Jean-Maurice Cantin," 47:2 McGill Law Journal, 2002; "Intoxication without Responsibility: Are there no limits to the Defence?" 7:1 National Journal of Constitutional Law 110, 1996; R. v. Daviault: Expanding the Intoxication Defence," 5:1 National Journal of Constitutional law 109, 1994; R. v. Colarusso," 4:2 National Journal of Constitutional Law 223, 1993; R. v. Dersch: A Decision in the Public Interest?" 4:1 National Journal of Constitutional Law 135, 1993. Co-Author: Debra M. McAllister, "Litigation Trends in 1997 Supreme Court Jurisprudence," 6:4 Canada Watch 68, 1998. Instructor: Constitutional Law, Department of Justice Constitutional Law Conference; Legal Research and Writing, Osgoode Hall Law School; Constitutional Law, Humber College; Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Legal Writing and Public Law, Law Society of Upper Canada. Speaker, Canadian Constitutional Law Conference.
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| Reported Cases | Schafer et al v. Canada 29 O.R. (3d) 496, 35 O.R. (3d) 1, leave to appeal to the S.C.C. denied, January 29, 1998; Foundation for Equal Families v. Can. (A.G.) (1999), 36 C.P.C. (4TH) 201 (Ont. S.C.J.); Animal Alliance of Canada v. Canada (A.G.), (1999) 168 F.T.R. 114; International Fund for Animal Welfare v. Canada (A.G.), (1998) 157 D.L.R. (4th) 561 (Ont. Gen. Div.) (leave to appeal denied); Canada Post v, Smith, 40 O.R. (3rd) 97 (Ont. C.A.); Murray v. Canada, 161 D.L.R. (4th) 185 (F.C.T.D.); Uscan Custom Interiors Inc. v. Mississauga (2000), 15 M.P.L.R. (3d) 290 (Ont. S.C.J.). |
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| ISLN | 919689402 |
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