Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our lawyers take a client-first approach to each unique situation. Disputes are not treated as litigation files but as business problems to be resolved in the most creative manner. Our complete range of advanced risk-management strategies helps clients avoid many disputes altogether. With all the litigation advice and expertise needed under one roof, our lawyers leverage best practices across industries and take swift action to produce  the most favourable outcomes. 

Canadian and international clients rely on our practical business advice and formidable courtroom skills to resolve their high-stakes commercial disputes in virtually every court in the country, including the Supreme Court of Canada, where our litigation lawyers regularly appear on cases at the forefront of developments in Canadian law. 

Blakes also has four decades of class actions experience, with some of the top litigation lawyers in Canada on the team. We have defended clients in more than 400 class actions across the country, including many notable cases that have been successful at trial and on dispositive applications and motions.

We have significant experience advising on issues and disputes that involve:

• Arbitration & International Dispute Resolution

• Business Crimes, Investigations & Compliance

• Class Actions

• Competition Litigation

• Constitutional & Charter of Rights

• Construction Dispute Resolution

• Corporate Litigation

• Employment Litigation

• Environmental Litigation & Enforcement

• Energy Litigation

• Insurance Litigation

• IP Litigation

• Media & Defamation

• Pension Litigation

• Procurement Litigation

• Product Liability​

• Securities Litigation

• Tax Controversy & Litigation

• Trade Litigation