Justin Manoryk

Matters in which Justin has been involved include representing:

• Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation (CPRC) in actions against the Governments of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to recover taxes paid in contravention of a provision of the 1880 Charter of CPRC, which states that the main line shall "be forever free from taxation"

• Companies and entities in complex commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, procurement litigation, product liability claims, and intellectual property disputes

• Newspapers, other media, and individuals in defamation and libel actions, as well as providing them with advice in that regard

• A journalist in a judicial review proceeding involving Charter issues

• Arbitration societies acting as interveners before the Supreme Court of Canada in Heller v. Uber et al.

Justin provides pro bono assistance to various organizations and individuals. He volunteers with Pro Bono Ontario's Duty Counsel Project and acts as a supervising lawyer at the Pro Bono Students Canada Lawyers Feed the Hungry ID Project. Since 2018, he has assisted with the administration of the Wilson Moot, which focuses on constitutional law issues affecting equity-seeking groups.

Justin is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and The Advocates' Society.

• Co-author: Finding the Preferable Procedure: Canada’s Evolving Response to Overlapping Multi-Jurisdictional Class Actions
  Presented at Osgoode Hall 17th Annual National Symposium on Class Actions, April 22, 2021.
• Co-author: Anti-SLAPP Litigation: Ontario Court of Appeal Applies Recent SCC Decisions
  Blakes Bulletin on Media & Defamation, February 1, 2021.
• Co-author: Easier Said than Done? Recent Developments in Ontario’s Anti-SLAPP Law
  Media Law Letter, Bulletin Issue, Media Law Resource Centre, February 2021.
• Co-author: Pointed Exchange: SCC Clarifies Ontario’s Anti-SLAPP Test, Splits Over its Application
  Blakes Bulletin on Litigation & Dispute Resolution, September 17, 2020.
• Co-author: Supreme Court of Canada Finds Arbitration Clause to Be "Uber" Unconscionable
  Blakes Bulletin on Arbitration, June 29, 2020.
• Co-author: Ontario’s Anti-SLAPP Law: “We’ve Got Five Years… My Brain Hurts a Lot”
  Media Law Letter, Bulletin Issue, Media Law Resource Centre, March 5, 2020.
• Co-author: Haaretz & Equustek: Reconciling approaches to jurisdiction and freedom of expression in the online landscape
  Presented at The Advocates’ Society’s 2018 Fall Convention, Laguna Beach, California, November 8-10, 2018.