LITIGATION

Quebec Court of Appeal affirms $50K interim costs award in shareholder oppression litigation
Judge saw apparent link between financial difficulty and allegedly oppressive conduct
Thomas J. Moran joins DLA Piper Canada’s litigation partnership
The former Norton Rose Fulbright partner focuses on arbitration, injunctions, trials, appeals
Ontario Superior Court varies cost order to also hold class counsel directly responsible for paying
Motion to vary arose from employment-related class action that failed
Over 340 civil society organizations call for coalition against investor-state dispute settlement
‘These mechanisms are profoundly undemocratic’: MiningWatch Canada program coordinator

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN LITIGATION

Frédéric Paré
Year called to bar: 2005
Montréal, Québec
Kevin A. McGivney
Year called to bar: 1991
Toronto, Ontario
Brent B. Olthuis
Year called to bar: 2001
Vancouver, British Columbia
Olthuis van Ert
Christine Muir
Year called to bar: 2010
Toronto, Ontario
David W. Kent
Year called to bar: 1983
Toronto, Ontario
Crawford G. Smith
Year called to bar: 1999
Toronto, Ontario