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About Daryl

Daryl provides timely and practical advice to employers, including major corporations across numerous industries, on all areas of labour and employment law, with an emphasis on labour/union relations, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, employment standards, human rights, hiring practices, executive compensation, disciplinary matters, wrongful dismissal, and other employment-related mediation, arbitration and litigation.

Daryl's labour relations practice includes advising and strategizing with clients in responding to union certification applications, sale of business/related employer applications, and unfair labour practice complaints. He also regularly advises and represents employers in grievance arbitrations, collective agreement negotiations, and labour law compliance initiatives/best practices.

Daryl also advises on all labour and employment aspects of corporate/commercial transactions, including specialized advice on complex labour/union and employee matters arising during transactions. He has represented clients before numerous courts and tribunals including the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Divisional Court, and the Ontario Court of Justice.

Daryl is the Legal Adviser to the Firm's Joint Health & Safety Committee in its Toronto office.

Daryl is an experienced and highly skilled practitioner, with nearly 20 years of experience exclusively in the area of labour and employment law.

Awards & Recognition

Daryl is recognized in the following publications:

  • Chambers Canada Legal Guide 2026 (Employment & Labour - Ontario)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026 (Labour and Employment Law)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 (Labour and Employment Law)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 (Labour and Employment Law)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023 (Labour and Employment Law)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 (Labour and Employment Law)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021 (Labour and Employment Law)

Professional Activities

Daryl is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association (including the Labour & Employment Law Section), The Advocates' Society and the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers. He is also a regular contributor to Butterworths' Employment and Labour Law Reporter.

Professional Appearances
  • Speaker : Constructive Dismissal Update: Latest Trends and Risk Mitigation Strategies
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, June 16, 2025.
  • Speaker : Cross-Country Developments in Employment Law
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, June 13, 2024.
  • Speaker : Employment Workplace Investigations
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, December 7, 2023.
  • Speaker : AI and Employment Law
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, October 19, 2023.
  • Speaker : Terminations and Layoffs of Employees: Best Practices for Canadian Employers
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, May 16, 2023.
Education

Certificate in Labour Law, Osgoode Professional Development – 2012
Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2006
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School – 2005
BA (Hon.), York University – 2002

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