Gavin J. Tighe, K.C.

Executive Summary

Gavin Tighe K.C., is a senior partner with Gardiner Roberts LLP and chair of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Mr. Tighe has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation since 2003 and has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of Canadian Courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has significant experience successfully representing clients in several Canadian provinces and before tribunals in both Canada and the United States. Mr. Tighe also acts as counsel to clients in arbitrations, mediations and other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Mr. Tighe’s diverse litigation practice focuses on advocacy. He has acted in numerous high profile matters and court proceedings and is a lawyers’ lawyer having represented numerous other lawyers in Ontario and across Canada. Mr. Tighe has also successfully argued some of the leading Canadian cases in both trial and appellate Courts in such diverse areas as defamation, corporate restructuring, municipal conflict of interest, adverse possession of real property, solicitor’s negligence, financial advisor liability, auditor and accountant liability, title insurance, and election law in addition to numerous other areas of law.

Mr. Tighe is very active in the community and a well-known supporter of many worthy community and charitable organizations. He has published numerous legal articles, is the co-author of “A Practical Guide to the Law of Defamation in Canada” published by LexisNexis, been an instructor at the bar admission course Law Society of Ontario, lectured at Canadian law schools, presented at numerous conferences including conferences sponsored by the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian and American Bar Associations and has been cited as an authority on Civil Practice in Ontario.

In April 2025, Mr. Tighe was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada and the Government of Ontario in recognition of his making a profound and lasting contribution to Ontario and to Canada and his exceptional contributions and dedication to the betterment of our province and country. Mr. Tighe has repeatedly been selected by his peers as one of “The Best Lawyers in Canada” as well as being ranked in Lexpert and Martindale-Hubbel. In 2022 Mr. Tighe was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers. In 2023 Mr. Tighe was inducted as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America a peer-selected, invitation-only and aggressively diverse honorary society of 3,500 of America’s best trial lawyers representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Also in 2023 Mr. Tighe was awarded the designation of King’s Counsel (K.C.) by the Attorney-General for the Province of Ontario in recognition of his commitment to the pursuit of legal excellence in service to the Crown, the public and his community.

Expertise

• Financial Services
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution