Lawyer @GPLLP. Employment law, human rights, class actions, civil litigation. He/him.
Toronto
Joined May 2011
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Louis Century retweeted
Pizza Nova allegedly paid delivery drivers as little as $6 an hour after systematically misclassifying them as independent contractors.
@SaraMojtehedz on the delivery driver class action to proceed against Pizza Nova and franchisees /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Great article by @GPLLP articling student Nina Patti in the @OBAlawyers class action bulletin this month — “Ensuring ‘Justice is Not Blocker by Provincial Borders’: The Supreme Court’s Resounding Endorsement of National Class Actions in Sanis Health”
oba.org/Sections/Class-Actio…
I’m grateful to @LawTimes for this generous profile. lawtimesnews.com/practice-ar…
Some thoughts on @fordnation’s dangerous and reckless Bill 212 — ripping out bike lines and putting lives at risk because of ideology and the arbitrary whims of the Premier. As the Supreme Court said in Bedford:
Premier of Ontario openly admitting that his plan to force Toronto to rip up bike lanes on University Ave, putting lives in danger, is because it’s his personal commute.
“And it’s just a real nightmare going up University. When we go to Queen’s Park, for example, it’s insanity.”
Ford has had personal animus against downtown cyclists for years. Here he is describing cyclists on his morning commute as a “menace” in Ford Nation (2016). This new anti-bike lane law fulfills @fordnation’s longstanding disdain for cyclists. It will cost lives. Inexcusable.
Congrats to Nader & team on this important win. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mathur, especially its discussion of remedies, moves us a step closer to recognizing that dangerous climate policy may offend our Charter rights. I’m proud to represent @CAPE_ACME in this case.
Very proud to be counsel to these courageous youth advocates, along with my @stockwoodsllp colleagues @jay_saf and Spencer Bass, and the tremendous lawyers at @ecojustice_ca. The fight for a stable climate goes on but this is an important victory along the way!
Arwa Almsrawi, a Syrian trans woman, was given refugee status by Canada. She left Saudi en route to Toronto. During a layover in Istanbul, she was denied boarding, & Canada revoked her status, leaving her stranded & facing refoulement to Syria. Canada MUST intervene. @LandingsLaw
This Syrian trans woman has been stranded in an airport for seven months after Canada pulled her refugee status mid-journey.
Her lawyer said she has never seen a situation like this, where a person’s refugee status was revoked while en route to Canada. trib.al/szjYpjv
Louis Century retweeted
These brothers were hired from Jamaica to do construction. Now they are homeless and out thousands of dollars in lost wages ctvnews.ca/canada/they-came-…
This LinkedIn update has me sitting here stunned. Where does the time go?! Taking a moment to reflect on the opportunities @GPLLP has given me over the years, the clients I’ve been so privileged to represent, the friends I’ve made along the way. Onwards.
In Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc., 2024 FCA 140, the Federal Court of Appeal found that Facebook’s actions in 2013-2015 relating to Cambridge Analytica violated federal privacy laws. @GPLLP’s Peter Engelmann & Colleen Bauman acted for the Privacy Commissioner.
Statement by the Privacy Commissioner welcoming the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision on Facebook: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/speec…
On Friday, the Court of Appeal upheld Bill 104, The Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (2024 ONCA 657). Kudos to @GPLLP’s Adriel Weaver & Geetha Philipupillai (@ggeethaaa) who represented interveners @ncctonline and other Tamil Canadian groups arguing in support of the Act.
How do @LawMcGill alum feel about their former law school going rogue & engaging in scorched earth anti-union tactics described in this post? Consider making your views known to admin. Students and faculty deserve better. @AMPL_AMPD
New Post: McGill University has gone rogue in its fight to crush the law faculty union. The students are the victims.
"On McGill University's Scorched Earth Labour Relations Strategy"
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Opinion: The revolution in online learning has skipped over our prisons – and that helps nobody /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Proud of colleagues @JodyNickBrown @ggeethaaa and their co-counsel @classactionscan for continuing the fight in this class action about unconscionable collect call fees charged to inmates in Ontario jails and their families.
Bell made more than $64 million in gross revenues from calls made by inmates at Ontario jails — at “exorbitant” rates, lawyers allege — and gave nearly $39 million of that to the province as commission, according to new disclosures from the telecom giant.
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The ICJ's legal conclusions below.
WATCH LIVE: the #ICJ delivers its Advisory Opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem webtv.un.org/asset/k13/k136r…
Last week, our firm (@GPLLP) together with Paul Quick of the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic, commenced a Charter challenge to the denial of access to computers and the internet in federal prisons.
Here is @BKennedyStar’s story about the case.
Internet ban in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional because it blocks access to education, new lawsuit alleges
thestar.com/news/internet-ba…
Here’s the Notice of Application: goldblattpartners.com/wp-con…
We allege that denying prisoner access to computers & internet for educational, vocational, cultural, rehabilitative & reintegrative purposes & purposes related to legal proceedings violates s 2(b), 7 & 15 of the Charter.
“I found my rhythm in law school thanks to wonderful friends like the late Jim McDonald (who was my colleague at Sack Charney, now @GPLLP) and my legal aid work, teaching, and work at the United Steelworkers.” @BobRae48 @Advocates_Soc
Missing Jim.
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