Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, Employment & Labour

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Employment & Labour - Ontario

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark is a management-side workplace law firm with a strong presence in Ontario and throughout the country. It maintains a strong focus on the private sector, typically representing manufacturing, retail and construction clients, as well as advising government-owned companies. The team's experience includes an array of employment and labour matters, from workplace incident investigations to wrongful dismissals and collective bargaining negotiations. It also has expertise in occupational health and safety and compensation issues. The firm has offices in Toronto, Sarnia and Sault Ste. Marie.

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Work Highlights

Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark acted for TELUS in responding to union application for an injunction in the British Columbia courts to halt a return to office directive and in the related expedited national policy grievance.

Strengths

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Mathews Dinsdale is fantastic, gets strong results and understands the client.

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The firm truly understands our business and provides practical advice tailored to the specifics of our business. The client service is exceptional.

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Mathews Dinsdale is fantastic, gets strong results and understands the client.

Employment & Labour respondent
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The firm truly understands our business and provides practical advice tailored to the specifics of our business. The client service is exceptional.

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Notable Practitioners

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John Craig

Band 3

Toronto-based John Craig is a highly regarded labour lawyer who acts for both federal and provincial clients. Alongside his strengths in bargaining and collective agreements, he also acts on tribunals, arbitrations and appeals arising from employee complaints.

John is super strategic, clever and efficient.

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Mark Contini

Band 3

Mark Contini of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark regularly advises employers on both union and non-union issues before appellate courts and human rights tribunals. He possesses further strengths in collective bargaining and grievance arbitrations.

He is responsive, strategic and very pleasant to work with.

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Cheryl Edwards

Band 4

Senior partner Cheryl Edwards is especially skilled in occupational health and safety, in which she has represented major employers in trials and appeals. She is also experienced in workers' compensation matters, with further expertise in employment litigation. Based in Toronto, she is a former OHS prosecutor.

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Allyson Fischer

Band 5

Allyson Fisher of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark's Toronto office is an employment litigator, with an expertise in restrictive covenants, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of confidence and labour injunctions to restrict picketing. Allyson also represents clients in wrongful dismissal actions.

Allyson understands our business and where we're coming from. She's also very practical and responsive.

Allyson is excellent and very driven. She's very talented and mindful on how to communicate effectively.

She is a very helpful and strategic lawyer.

Allyson has taken it upon herself to be a wonderful sounding board, making sure we're as strong as we can be.

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Sonia Regenbogen

Band 6

Based in Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark's Toronto office, Sonia Regenbogen regularly assists with contracts and collective bargaining, as well as representing clients in disputes and workplace investigations.

Sonia is incredible.

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