• Administrative Law

• Anti-SLAPP Litigation

• Appeals

• Civil Litigation

• Civil Sexual Assault & Harassment

• Health Law

• Investigations

• Media & Defamation Law

• Professional Liability & Regulation

• Public Law

Selected Cases

• BE v. OR, 2024 ONSC 6193

  • Obtained judgment following trial in a civil sexual assault case, achieving a notable punitive damages award of $250,000.

• 40 Days for Life v. Dietrich, 2023 ONSC 5879 (Div. Ct.)

  • Successfully quashed an injunction restraining client’s speech on the first appeal to Divisional Court to consider whether an injunction can be granted once the stay in s.137.1(5) of the Courts of Justice Act is in effect following service of an anti-SLAPP motion. Leave to Appeal was dismissed by the ONCA.

• Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476

  • Acted for an intervenor at the Ontario Court of Appeal on the issue of whether Ontario should recognize the tort of family violence.

• V.T. v. D.T., 2021 ONSC 5926

  • Represented plaintiffs in a successful motion for summary judgment relating to childhood sexual abuse. Decision is an important step forward in recognizing the inherent difficulties associated with litigating sexual assault and abuse cases and serves as a precedent for future costs awards that acknowledge a trauma-informed approach to assisting survivors may require plaintiff-side lawyers to invest more time in preparation.

• ONCRPO v. O’Brien, 2020 ONCRPO 4 (CanLII)

  • Provided Independent Legal Advice to the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario in a case arising from allegations of sexual abuse.

• Ontario (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Kaveri, 2017 ONCPSD 55 (CanLII)

  • Acted as counsel for a physician in relation to Discipline proceedings before his regulatory college, during a complicated matter involving overlapping proceedings before the CPSO, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, and the civil court system

• Rosenthal v. Rosenthal, 2014 ONSC 317

  • Acted as amicus curiae in a historical civil sexual assault case

• Hill v. Allen, 2009 ONCA 70

  • Successfully represented a physician at the Court of Appeal for Ontario in his defence of a medical negligence claim.

• Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB), 2011 – 2022 (18 reported decisions)

  • Overwhelmingly successful in the defence of health professionals (physicians, dentists) in regulatory matters before the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board

Select Presentations

• "Trauma-Informed Lawyering" - Speaker at the OBA's Anatomy of a Trial.

• "Suing for Silence" - Speaker for webinar with Durant Barristers LLP relating to the phenomenon of litigating against “silence breakers” (April 29, 2024)

• "Damages" - Speaker at Osgoode PD, Civil Sexual Assault Conference (April 1, 2024)

• "International Women’s Day" - Speaker at WLAO & LSO Equity Legal Education Series (March 6, 2024)

• "Update on the Tort of Family Violence" - Speaker, Law Society of Ontario, The Eight-Minute Family Law Lawyer (November 28, 2023)

• "Special Issues in Sexual Abuse Hearings" - Speaker at OsgoodePD, Certificate in Professional Regulation & Discipline in the Ontario Health Care Sector (November 29, 2023)

• "Are We There Yet? Discussion on Pay Equity, Partnership and Serving the Public" - Speaker at Law Society of Ontario & Women’s Law Association of Ontario, Access to Justice Week (October 25, 2023)

• "Main Character Energy: Taking Risks and Embracing Career Advancements" - Speaker at The Advocates’ Society, Women in Litigation Symposium (October 27, 2023)

• Two Worlds Collide: Defending Civil Actions Arising out of Criminal Matters - Speaker for the Canadian Defence Lawyers (July 20, 2023)

• Ontario Micro Conference on Gender Equity - Speaker at Lancaster House (April 19, 2023)

• Claims 101 - Speaker at Osgoode PD, Critical & Emerging Issues in Civil Sexual Assault (February 27, 2023)

• “Good, fast or cheap? Compensation for victims of violent crime is changing, and it won’t be all three”, Advocates’ Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, Fall 2019, p. 34-36

• “Missed opportunities when derivative claims for sexual abuse aren’t considered”, The Lawyer’s Daily, October 10, 2017

• “The use of pseudonyms in civil cases”, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, December 7, 2015

• “Law takes aim at cyberbullies”, The Lawyer’s Weekly, November 4, 2015

• “A bankrupt can’t escape a judgment for sexual assault”, Slaw, March 26, 2014 (with Elizabeth Grace)

• “Liability and the sexually transmitted disease”, The Lawyer’s Weekly, February 7, 2014

• “Introduction”, The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: The Prosecutor v. Fofana and Kondewa (The “CDF” case), (Martinus Nijhoff: Leiden, 2014)

• “State Practice with Respect to Provisional Measures Orders”, Official Congress Document, 2nd World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Montreal, October 6- 9, 2004