Eric practices corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution with a special focus on trust, estate and charity/not-for-profit law. Eric also has extensive experience in construction litigation and real property disputes.
Eric also mediates commercial and estate/trust/capacity disputes, helping the parties find a mutually beneficial resolution. The parties, and their lawyers, appreciate Eric’s ability to understand what is truly important to each person and help them develop solutions which allow them to move on, leaving the litigation behind them.
Eric has appeared as counsel at all levels of Ontario courts and at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Eric regularly appears before the Toronto Estates List. His broad experience in trust and estate disputes includes passing of accounts, will challenges, guardianships, dependant relief applications, interpretations, variations, rectifications, and related proceedings.
Eric’s experience in construction, real property and commercial leasing disputes includes construction lien and trust claims, professional negligence, product liability, mining, land rights, boundary and mortgage enforcement proceedings.
As a corporate commercial litigator, Eric has helped clients with fraud investigation and recovery, shareholder disputes, oppression remedies, debt collection, foreign judgement enforcement and risk management advice for private companies.
Vice-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, under the Litigation, Ethics and Malpractice Group
Trusts and Estates Law
Charities / Non-Profit Law
Construction Law
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Most Frequently Recommended, Estate & Personal Tax Planning and Estate Litigation