Practice Area

Our Areas of Expertise

The heart of our practice is litigation. We have particular strength, expertise and experience in:

Commercial Litigation Including:

  • receivership work both on behalf of Receivers and other stakeholders

  • partnership and shareholder disputes

  • injunctions

  • mortgage enforcement

  • bankruptcy and insolvency

Other Areas of Litigation Include:

  • construction litigation

  • insurance litigation

  • negligence and contract litigation

  • real property-related litigation

  • fiduciary duties and employment litigation

  • civil fraud

  • estate litigation

  • personal injury

Klein & Associates is also able to provide extensive business expertise in the following areas:

  • purchase and sale of businesses

  • organization of corporations, including incorporations, corporate debt refinancing, amalgamations and reorganizations

  • shareholders’, partnership and joint venture agreements

  • franchising, licensing and distribution agreements

  • employment arrangements, including agreements and confidentiality agreements

  • detailed contract and leasing review and drafting

Klein & Associates also provides real estate services typically in the following areas;

  • purchase and sale of residential properties

  • purchase and sale of commercial real estate including shopping centres and large retail centres

  • leasing

  • refinancing transactions

  • private lending transactions on residential and commercial properties

Klein and Associate Professional Corporation

Reported Decisions

  • Burke v. Morris, 
    [1985] O.J. No. 506 (Ont. HCJ.)

  • Nichols v. Wood
    [1985] O.J. No. 1291 (ONSCHCtD)

  • Modular Windows of Canada Ltd. v. Command Construction Ltd.,
    [1986] O.J. No. 437 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Przysuski v. College of Opticians of Ontario
    [1986] O.J. No. 437 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Modular Windows of Canada Ltd. v. Niot Investment Holdings Ltd., 
    [1988] O.J. No. 2847 (Ont. HCJ.)

  • Glanmar Mills Ltd. v. Olympia Interiors Ltd.,
    [1989] O.J. No. 909 (Ont. HCJ)

  • Burke v. Morris, 
    [1992] O.J. NO. 1157 (Ont. Ct. GD)

  • Burke v. Morris, 
    [1992] O.J. No. 3104 (Ont. Ct. GD)

  • Creditors of Penta Stolp Corp. (Lien trustee of) v. Toronto-Dominion Bank,
    [1992] O.J. No. 1480 (Ont. Ct. GD)

  • Fabric Collection Inc. v. Gray,
    [1992] O.J. No. 3708 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Arthur Andersen Inc. v. Toronto-Dominion Bank,
    [1994] O.J. No. 427 (Ont. C.A.)

  • McLennon v. Prowsky & Biback Law Firm, 
    [1994] O.J. No. 367 (Ont. Ct. GD)

  • King Cross Contracting Ltd. v. Lakeview Estates Ltd., 
    [1995] O.J. No. 1092 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Alta Surety Co. v. Toronto-Dominion Bank,
    [1996] O.J. No. 4152 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Giannotti v. Royal Bank of Canada
    [1996] O.J. No. 3231 (Ont. Ct. GD)

  • Modular Windows of Canada Ltd. v. Command Construction Ltd. (Ont. C.A.),
    [1996] O.J. No. 669 (ONCtGD)

  • Burke v. Wood,
    [1997] CanLII 655 (ON CA)

  • Nichols v. Wood, 
    [1997] O.J. No. 2480 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Fleet Street Financial Corp. v. Levinson, 
    [2003] O.J. No. 1311 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Fleet Street Financial Corp. v. Levinson, 
    [2003] O.J. No. 441 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Boce v. Dyment, 
    [2004] O.J. No. 4141 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Enescu v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co, 
    [2005] O.J. No. 3058 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Hornstein v. Gardena Properties Inc., 
    [2005] O.J. No. 3302 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Hornstein v. Gardena Properties Inc., 
    [2006] O.J. No. 2757 (Ont. C.A.)

  • Powers v. Peel Regional Police, 
    [2008] O.J. No. 5072 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus)

  • Powers v. Peel Regional Police,
    [2008] CanLII 65777 (ON SC)

  • Linens ‘N Things Canada Corp. (Re),
    [2009] CanLII 25311 (ON SC)

  • Laurentide Cabinet Corp. v. Beyond Flooring,
    [2010] O.J. No. 3355, 2010 ONSC 3609, 323 D.L.R. (4th) 475, 86 C.P.R. (4th) 303, 2010 CarswellOnt 5553, 192 A.C.W.S. (3d) 946

  • Key Biz Tactics Corporation v. Entrepreneur Expansion (Canada) Corp.,
    [2011] ONSC 5967

  • Key Biz Tactics Corporation v. Entrepreneur Expansion (Canada) Corp.,
    [2011] ONSC 6947

  • Melflor Investments Ltd. v. Naim Investments Ltd.,
    [2013] ONSC 6693

  • Guettler v. Royal Bank of Canada,
    [2015] O.J. No. 2341, 2015 ONSC 2905, 254 A.C.W.S. (3d) 94, 72 C.P.C. (7th) 295, 2015 CarswellOnt 6834

  • Decision No. 1309/15,
    [2016] ONWSIAT 92

  • Silver Streams Homes Inc. (Re),
    [2017] ONSC 314

  • 2587508 Ontario Inc. v. Hamilton City Centre Holdings Inc.,
    [2018] ONSC 3131

  • Tarpin Lumber Incorporated et al. v. Tabibi et al,
    [2019] ONSC 1440