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

Hugh A. Meighen
Year called to bar: 2010
Toronto, Ontario
Rahool Agarwal
Year called to bar: 2007
Toronto, Ontario
Stephen L. Drymer
Year called to bar: 1991
Montréal, Québec
Kara Smyth
Year called to bar: 2001
Calgary, Alberta
Philippa G. Samworth
Year called to bar: 1979
Toronto, Ontario
Dutton Brock LLP
Jacques Bernier
Year called to bar: 1983
Toronto, Ontario