Veronica maintains a broad practice encompassing both complex commercial and civil litigation matters for public and private companies, as well as individuals.
Veronica's areas of focus include:
- General commercial litigation, including contractual and enforcement matters;
- Securities litigation and regulation, including broker liability and departing broker litigation, as well as investigations and proceedings before Provincial Securities Commissions, IIROC and the MFDA;
- Banking litigation, including bills of exchange and debtor/creditor litigation;
- Administrative and public law, including judicial reviews;
- Professional discipline matters; and
- Investigations and white collar defence.
Veronica has acted as counsel and assisted with matters before arbitrators, administrative tribunals and self-regulatory organizations, all levels of courts in Ontario, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Experience
- Counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the class action relating to the Lac Mégantic accident (Ouellet c. Canadian Pacific Railway Company et al.)
- Counsel for the Canadian Judicial Council (National Council of Canadian Muslims et al. v. The Attorney General of Canada)
- Presenting counsel before the Ontario Judicial Council in the hearing concerning a complaint about the conduct of the Honourable Justice Donald McLeod
- Acts for financial institutions in defence of investor loss claims
- Counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the class action relating to the Lac Mégantic accident (Ouellet c. Canadian Pacific Railway Company et al.)
- Counsel for the Canadian Judicial Council (National Council of Canadian Muslims et al. v. The Attorney General of Canada)
- Presenting counsel before the Ontario Judicial Council in the hearing concerning a complaint about the conduct of the Honourable Justice Donald McLeod
- Acts for financial institutions in defence of investor loss claims
