supreme court
Think of us as "911 help" at Canada's Highest Court, for strategic perspective and effective submissions.
Serving as experienced Supreme Court advisors and Ottawa Agents, we are here to help draft your leave applications and appeal factums, give strategic advice as well as ensure technical compliance. Our services include:
- Interpretation of the Supreme Court Act and all rules and procedures
- Preliminary opinions on leave applications
- Applications for leave to appeal or intervene
- Advice and attendances on all motions re the Supreme Court: stays, extensions or abridgment of time, new evidence, adding or substituting parties, sealing orders and publication bans, striking materials, stating constitutional questions, quashing appeals, reconsideration or rehearing
- Advice on and preparation of appeal and cross-appeal materials
- Counsel appearances (first or second chair, as you wish)
- Production, service and filing of all documents
- Taxation of Costs
- Attendances at Registry to obtain materials in other files for analysis
Representative Transactions/Cases
We specialize in high-profile issues before the Court. The following cases are representative of the work that our lawyers undertake:
- Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda [2012] clarifying the "real and substantial connection " test as a conflicts rule in private international law
- Nurses' Union v. HMQ in right of NFLD and Labrador [2011] refining Dunsmuir analysis for judicial review of adequacy of labour arbitrator's reasons for award
- Fullowka v. Pinkerton's [2010] known as the "Giant Mine" case examining various tort duties of care in the context of security service, territorial government health & safety regulation, and union strike activity where 9 miners were killed underground by a planted explosive device
- BCE Inc. [2008] interpretation of board of director duties to stakeholders in "going private" reorganization and sale
- Honda[2008] setting aside of aggravated and punitive damages in employment termination case
- Weyerhaeuser [2004] duty to consult Haida Nation by a private company under a Crown forestry license
- Berendsen [2001] Canadian Environmental Law Association's challenge to limitations period under the Public Authorities Protection Act where historic environmental contamination
Publications / Presentations
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