Overview
Disputes can disrupt your business, reputation, and momentum, but with the right approach, they can be managed effectively and resolved with purpose. Gardiner Roberts’ Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group is known for delivering practical, business-focused strategies that align with our clients’ broader objectives.
We combine strong advocacy with a clear understanding of your business priorities to develop tailored approaches that manage risk and support the best possible outcome. Whether through litigation, negotiation, or alternative dispute resolution, we act decisively, pursuing claims where necessary and resolving matters efficiently where appropriate.
Our team brings broad experience across industries and dispute types, including complex commercial litigation, class actions, regulatory investigations, and sensitive internal inquiries. We are frequently engaged by boards and senior leadership to conduct independent investigations, providing objective, reliable findings in high-stakes situations.
We represent clients at every stage of the dispute process, from urgent injunctions through to trials and appeals, appearing before all levels of court and a wide range of tribunals and arbitration panels. Where matters extend beyond Canada, we work closely with international counsel to ensure a coordinated approach.
Acting for financial institutions, governments, insurers, public and private companies, and entrepreneurs, we focus on delivering clear, effective solutions that protect your interests and support long-term success.
Learn more about our expertise in Litigation and Dispute Resolution:
Expertise
We provide strategic advice and representation across a wide range of disputes, including:
- Commercial and contractual disputes
- Commercial litigation and shareholder disputes
- Trusted counsel on high-stakes disputes under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), including oppression and shareholder remedies.
- Representing clients in complex contractual, fiduciary, and fraud disputes across a range of industries.
- Regularly appearing on the Commercial List, delivering efficient resolution of time-sensitive matters.
- Competition and antitrust matters
- Constitutional and administrative law
- Consumer protection claims
- Defamation and reputational matters
- Defamation and media law
- Providing strategic, reputation-focused counsel on libel and slander matters across traditional and digital media.
- Advising on remedies, including injunctions and takedowns, under the Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Civil Procedure.
- Estate litigation
- Resolving highly sensitive, high-value disputes involving wills, capacity, and undue influence under the Succession Law Reform Act.
- Acting for trustees and beneficiaries in contested administrations, including passing of accounts and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
- Advising on dependent support and estate variation claims with a practical, resolution-oriented approach.
- Political and election law
- Advising politicians on compliance with Ontario’s complex election finance and advertising regime under the Election Finances Act.
- Providing real-time guidance during campaigns on spending, reporting, and third-party activity.
- Representing clients in election disputes, recounts, and regulatory investigations.
- Offering strategic counsel on ethics, lobbying, and regulatory engagement with Elections Ontario.
- Real estate and title insurance disputes
- Advising on complex title, fraud, and coverage disputes involving Ontario real estate assets.
- Navigating claims under the Land Titles Act and Registry Act with technical precision.
- Representing lenders, insurers, and owners in priority disputes, mortgage enforcement, and closing-related claims.
- Acting for commercial landlords on lease enforcement.
- Advancing practical remedies, including rectification, specific performance, and professional negligence claims.
- Appeals
- Delivering focused appellate advocacy before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and Divisional Court.
- Providing clear, strategic advice on appeal viability, standards of review, and issue framing.
- Developing persuasive factums and oral arguments in complex commercial and public law matters.
- Handling urgent stays and interlocutory relief to protect client positions pending appeal.
- Directors’ and officers’ liability
- Fraud and asset recovery
- Human rights matters
- Professional negligence and liability
- Real estate and construction disputes
- Regulatory and compliance matters
- Securities litigation and enforcement
Additional expertise
Our capabilities extend across a full spectrum of litigation and dispute resolution services, including:
- Administrative tribunal proceedings
- Alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration
- Appellate advocacy and appeals
- Banking and financial services litigation
- Construction and infrastructure disputes
- Employment and labour litigation
- Energy and environmental litigation
- Estate and family-related disputes
- Insurance defense and coverage matters
- Insolvency and restructuring litigation
- Municipal and land use disputes
- Product liability claims
- Public law and regulatory litigation
- Shareholder and partnership disputes
- Title insurance and property-related claims
Get in touch
To learn more about how our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team can support your business, get in touch with one of our team leaders.
