Torys' pension and employment litigators appear before Canadian and U.S. courts and tribunals at all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian and U.S. federal trial and appellate courts, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Divisional Court and the Superior Court of Justice in pension and employment-related cases.
The types of matters we have handled include
- age, gender and racial discrimination in employment practices
- arbitrations by former and current employees
- claims arising from corporate transactions, including closures and acquisitions
- union-initiated litigation
- wrongful dismissal disputes
- proceedings concerning benefits and benefits deductions
- claims related to employment contracts
- claims of work-related accidents and injury
- the application of human rights to legislative decisions