Commercial Litigation
In any relationship, disputes inevitably arise. Business relationships are no exception. And while it’s generally desirable to avoid going to court, sometimes resolution can only come through effective litigation.
In order for your litigation to be effective, your lawyers must be aggressive, prepared, and have a thorough understanding of the client’s concern. The Commercial Litigation team at Devry, Smith and Frank LLP is a practiced experience with many litigious circumstances, from construction litigation and liens to contractual disputes and products liability matters.
Our group focuses on the problem at hand, always keeping mind that litigation can become an arduous and costly process that may take months or years to resolve.
Should you have any questions about our fees, we would be happy to discuss them with you. In most cases, our fee is based on time spent, charged on an hourly rate basis.
Our commercial litigation group is experience in many areas including:
- contractual disputes
- landlord and tenant leasing and litigation issuer
- construction litigation and liens
- shareholder and partnership litigation
- real estate and title insurance litigation
- fire and property insurance litigation
- injunctions
- franchise litigation
- insolvency, and creditor priority litigation
- defamation, libel and slander litigation
- breach of fiduciary duty and non-compete disputes
Our lawyers have appeared before the small claims court, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and many administrative tribunals including: the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the OMB, the Human Rights Tribunal, the Workplace Safety Board and many others.
Our team is also experienced at all of the various Alternative Dispute Resolution processes including: mediation and arbitrations.
