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Hydro-Québec in successfully securing its rights to develop and modernize its power transmission network, the largest in North America, in front of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Labatt Brewing Company Limited against claims asserted for approximately C$1.4-billion in anti-trust class action proceedings brought against the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Brewers Retail Inc., Labatt and two other major brewers, in the Ontario Court of Appeal
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Bell Canada in obtaining an injunction compelling Québecor Inc. to restore the broadcast signal that Groupe TVA had unlawfully interrupted during the Stanley Cup playoffs. More than 425,000 Bell subscribers fell hostage to this interruption perpetrated by Québecor Inc.
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CHC Casinos Canada Limited and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in defending class actions arising out of a cyber-attack against Casino Rama. This was the first contested certification hearing relating to a cyberattack against an Ontario company
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The Toronto Star in the landmark constitutional challenge to the application of freedom of information laws to Ontario judicial tribunals
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The appointing creditors to ATB Financial at all levels of the precedent setting receivership of a junior oil and gas producer, Redwater Energy Corporation, including in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
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ADAG Corporation Canada Ltd. in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge a trial verdict requiring it to transfer ownership of the SaskOil Tower in Regina, Saskatchewan, to long-term tenant SaskEnergy
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Celestica Inc. and its former officers in their successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the limitation period for bringing a statutory secondary market securities class action
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Coast Capital Savings Credit Union defending challenges before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Court of Appeal to complete their continuance from provincial to federal regulation
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The City of Greater Sudbury in the first reported case in Ontario to address the judicial review of a public procuring entity’s decision to debar a bidder pursuant under a City procurement by-law
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A client in an ICC arbitration and the successful settlement of a dispute between Canadian and Panamanian companies in connection with a coal mine in Colombia (Xira Investments Inc. v. Andean Coal Corporation)
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Morneau Shepell Ltd., Plan Administrator in litigation brought by Morneau and by the Sears Canada estate against shareholders, officers and directors for wrongful conduct in connection with the liquidation of Sears Canada
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Cannabis clients before the Ontario Divisional Court during a judicial review process who were waiting for their licenses
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Suncor in the Alberta Securities Commission in an application to set aside or limit a shareholders rights plan adopted by Canadian Oil Sands, in which the ASC granted Suncor’s application and significantly limited the rights plan
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Station Mont-Tremblant (formerly Intrawest, now Alterra) in challenging the termination of rental pool agreements for more than a thousand condominium units managed by Station Mont-Tremblant for the benefit of the unit owners; Success for Station Mont-Tremblant meant that it preserved tens of millions of dollars of rental revenues
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Laurentian Bank in preventing the authorization of two putative class actions. The proceedings alleged breaches of the Québec Consumer Protection Act and the federal regulations involving credit limits and prepayment penalties on mortgage loans
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Air Liquide in a high-value arbitration related to operations at a processing facility, with Blakes client successful on all issues