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Edwin G. Upenieks
Called to the Bar: 1983
Phone: (905) 452-6873
Fax: (905) 451-5058
Email: click here
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Ed practises corporate and commercial litigation, with a focus on real estate litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, estates litigation, arbitration and mediation, and assessments of costs. Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, he has extensive trial and appellate experience before the courts and specialized administrative tribunals, having more than 40 reported cases. Ed also has significant experience in mediation and arbitration, and is a graduate of the Harvard Mediation program. Ed is known for his expertise in the assessment of costs, representing both clients and law firms throughout Ontario. He has also been qualified in Court as an expert in solicitors' negligence.
SIGNIFICANT CASES
The Issue: Libellous Website Attacking Client's Business
The Approach:
Immediately put defendant and service providers on notice.
Made urgent court application
The Result:
Obtained Mandatory Injunction within 24 hours, shutting down offensive website, all on the eve of the Defendant moving premises.
The Issue: Low Offer of Compensation From Expropriating Authority
The Approach:
Immediately visited the lands in question and formulated an action plan.
Retained pre-eminent experts in three disciplines.
The Result:
Recovered an amount 30 times the statutory offer, together with costs of $150,000.00. The case was reported in Dominion Law Reports.
The Issue: Coroners Inquest into a Suicide
The Approach: This was a high profile Coroners Inquest into a suicide from the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto. It attracted local and national T.V. and newspaper coverage.
On behalf of the Parent Council at the school, we first adopted strategies to shield and protect the deceased's classmates. We then advocated strongly for changes.
The Result:
Many of our recommendations, including suicide barriers on the viaduct, were adopted by the Coroners' Jury.
PUBLICATIONS
Enforcing Judgments and Orders
Edwin G. Upenieks, Robert J. van Kessel
Markham;ON: Butterworths Canada, 2002
SPEAKING/TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
Frequent speaker on costs and other litigation topics for the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations, The Advocates Society, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Peel Law Association, Law Pro and the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario
Past lecturer at the Bar Admission Course (advocacy, civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario
The Expropriation Association
Ontario Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association
The Advocates Society
Law Society of Upper Canada
The Peel Law Association
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
EDUCATION
Called to the Ontario bar 1983
LLB Osgoode Hall Law School 1981
BSc University of Toronto 1978
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Founding Chair, William Osler Health Centre Foundation (Brampton, Etobicoke and Georgetown)
Board member, William Osler Health Centre
Chair, Halton-Peel Grant Review Team, Ontario Trillium Foundation, responsible for recommending funding of approximately $9 million across Halton-Peel
Founding President of the Brampton Chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Vice-President of the Provincial Board of Directors for Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Past Director of Junior Achievement of Canada
Lector at St. Leonard's Catholic Church and Member of Finance Committee
Coached Youth Baseball and Hockey Teams for ten years.
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