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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 22:44:38+00:00

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Dana M. Peebles is a partner in our Litigation Group in Toronto. He carries on a civil litigation practice with an emphasis on class actions, securities and corporate-commercial litigation. He is also the Chair of the Firm’s National Class Actions Committee.
Mr. Peebles has acted for leading Canadian companies in the trial and appellate Courts, including leave applications to the Supreme Court of Canada. He provides ongoing strategic advice and litigation support to a number of commercial clients. In addition, he has been retained on several occasions to provide advice to clients of other Toronto law firms on their defence of ongoing class actions.
a successful application to obtain an order allowing a company to extend the time to call its Annual General Meeting, a decision defining the Canadian legal standard for that issue: In re IMAX (2007), 41 B.L.R (4th) 289 (Ont.S.C.J.).
Successfully defending a proposed securities class action against BCE Inc., in which shareholders of a BCE subsidiary alleged that they had been treated oppressively. The McCarthy Tétrault team defeated the certification motion, and had the case dismissed: Shaw v. BCE Inc.,  O.J. No. 2695 (S.C.J.). After amendment of the Claim, it was dismissed a second time: (2004), 42 B.L.R.(3d) 107 (S.C.J.); a decision which was upheld by the Court of Appeal for Ontario (2004), 49 B.L.R. (3d) 1 (Ont. C.A.). The Plaintiffs were refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada:  S.C.C.A. No. 419.
Successfully defending a proposed product liability class action against Clarica (now Sun Life), in which policyholders alleged that they had purchased policies based on "vanishing premium" representations. The McCarthy Tétrault team defeated the certification motion: Williams v. Mutual Life, (2001) 51 O.R. (3d) 54 (S.C.J.), and the resulting costs decision is the leading Ontario case on awarding costs in public interest litigation: (2001), 6 C.P.C. (5th) 194 (S.C.J.). The dismissal Order was upheld at the Divisional Court: (2001), 152 O.A.C. 344 (Div.Ct.), and again at the Court of Appeal for Ontario: (2003) 226 D.L.R. (4th) 112 (C.A.). The Plaintiffs were refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada: (2004) 223 D.L.R. (4th) vi (S.C.C.), and the case was then dismissed.
Successfully defending an oppression class action against BCE Inc. brought by debenture holders of a BCE subsidiary. After three years of litigation, the matter was dismissed on consent without compensation to the class: K.Field Resources v. BCI et al.,  O.J. No. 3935 (S.C.J.).
Arguing successful Applications on behalf of a major Canadian mutual fund, and on behalf of a Canadian bank, for Orders to rectify significant commercial agreements with potentially detrimental tax consequences: e.g. C.I. Fees Trust v. CI Mutual Funds Inc.,  O.J. No. 4789 (S.C.J.).
Establishing the leading Ontario case on the limitations to the scope of authority of non-lawyer agents representing parties to litigation: Gagnon v. Pritchard (2002), 58 O.R. (3d) 557; 17 C.P.C. (5th) 297 (S.C.J.).
a Charter case under the Occupational Health and Safety Act - R. v. Ellis-Don (1990), 1 O.R. (3d) 193 (C.A.).
Mr. Peebles received his BA from Queen’s University in 1985, and his LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1988.
Mr. Peebles was called to the Ontario bar in 1990. He has three lovely daughters who think it is cool that he wears robes at work, just like the Professors at Hogwarts.

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