Profile

David is a member of Blaney McMurtry’s Labour & Employment and Commercial Litigation practice groups. His practice extends from trial and appellate advocacy to alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration.

Labour and Employment

Although David acts for employers and employees across a wide variety of industries, a large part of his practice focuses on representing executives and employees in the financial services industry where he has acted on numerous files involving high income employees.

David has represented clients in files involving wrongful dismissals, constructive dismissals, human rights complaints, pension issues, disability claims, allegations of employee fraud, theft of confidential and proprietary information, breach of fiduciary duties and misappropriation of corporate opportunities. Additionally, David is frequently consulted in respect of reorganizations and mass terminations and is routinely retained to draft or to negotiate employment agreements, employee policy manuals and other employment related contracts.

David acts for clients across Canada and internationally including clients in the United States of America, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

Commercial Litigation

In addition to his busy Labour & Employment practice, David maintains a diverse Commercial Litigation practice. David has acted on a wide variety of cases including partnership and shareholder disputes, commercial tenancy matters, real estate litigation including claims for specific performance, oppression claims, fraud and fraudulent conveyance actions and contract disputes, amongst others.