PAOLA CALCE is an associate at Lenczner Slaght.  She received her LL.B. from the University of Windsor in 2001.  She was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 2002.  In 2009, she completed the Rotman Business Leadership program.

Paola’s broad civil litigation practice encompasses a wide range of complex commercial disputes, securities matters, government procurement, professional liability and class actions.
 
Paola has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as the Federal Court of Canada.  She has also appeared before administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Discipline Committee of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
 
Paola has taught Trial Advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School and has been a guest speaker at lectures for the Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M. program.  Paola provides assistance to self-represented litigants through Law Help Ontario.  She is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Toronto Lawyers Association and The Advocates’ Society.

CASES

Blandford Square Developments Limited v. Corporation of the County of Oxford and Corporation of the City of Woodstock (2010) (unreported) – lead counsel on successful motion to set aside an Order of the Registrar dismissing the action for delay.
 
First Capital (Canholdings) Corporation v. North American Property Group, 2010 ONSC 3196 – lead counsel on a Partition Act application.

Robinson v. Rochester Financial Limited, [2010] O.J. No. 187 (S.C.J.) – certification motion in respect of a proposed class proceeding related to a tax shelter; leave to appeal, [2010] 2010 ONSC 1899 (Div. Ct.).

Precious Metal Capital Corp. v. Smith, [2008] O.J. No. 1236 (S.C.J.) – lead counsel on a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the Canadian Courts in respect of a dispute over mining properties located in Lima, Peru; appealed to the Court of Appeal, [2008] O.J. No. 4368 (C.A.).

Precious Metal Capital Corp. v. Smith, [2008] – lead counsel on a motion for an anti-suit injunction to restrain a civil proceeding in the United Kingdom.

UBS Securities Canada Inc. v. Sands Brothers Canada Ltd., [2008] O.J. No. 1676 (S.C.J.) – trial for specific performance of an agreement for the sale of shares of the former Montreal Bourse.

Progressive Moulded Products Ltd. v. Great American Group, [2007] O.J. No. 1411 (S.C.J.) – successful application for an interlocutory injunction and preservation order to prevent industrial machinery from being sold to a third party and removed from Ontario’s jurisdiction.

Universal Workers Union, Labourers International Union of North America, Local 183 v. Ontario (Labour Relations Board), [2007] O.J. No. 1048 (Div. Ct.) – successful application for judicial review quashing a decision of the OLRB refusing to remove counsel for the respondents as a result of conflict of interest.

International Assn. Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron workers, Local 736 v. Comstock Canada Ltd., [2007] O.J. No. 4700 (Div. Ct.) – application for judicial review to quash a decision of the OLRB in respect of the assignment of work between disputing unions.

Capital Gains Income Streams Corp. v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. (2007), 87 O.R. (3d) 443 (C.A.) – appeal from a decision dismissing a motion under Rule 49.09 to enforce a settlement agreement, [2006] O.J. No. 2042 (S.C.J.).

Capital Gains Income Streams Corp. v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. (2007), 87 O.R. (3d) 443 (Div. Ct.) – application for leave to appeal to the Divisional Court from a decision dismissing a motion to enforce a settlement agreement.

Agustawestland International Limited v. Canada (Minister of Public Works and Government Service), [2006] F.C.J. No. 961 – summary judgment motion to dismiss an action for judicial review in connection with the Request for Proposals to procure the replacement of the Canadian military’s maritime helicopter fleet.

Lawrence v. Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Inc., [2006] O.J. No. 3748 (S.C.J.) – partially successful motion in a class proceeding to strike out the claims of the plaintiff shareholder class against the auditor for negligence and negligent misrepresentation.

Commercial Alcohols Inc. v. Bruce Power, L.P., [2006] O.J. No. 322 (S.C.J.) – trial of a contractual dispute involving the supply of steam.

Wood v. North et al., [2005] - unreported – lead counsel on successful motion for the issuance of a certificate of pending litigation.

Wilde v. Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, [2004] O.T.C. 879 (S.C.J.) – lead counsel on a partially success application opposing the referral of the lawyer’s accounts for assessment.

Royal Bank of Canada v. Jakola, [2004] O.J. No. 2624 (S.C.J.) – lead counsel on a successful motion to stay a proceeding for failure to pay costs awards.

Sheldon Larder Mines Ltd. v. Armistice Resources Ltd., [2003] O.J. No. 1594 (S.C.J.) – successfully defeated summary judgment motion related to a dispute over complex agreements for royalty payments in respect of mining properties.

TAL Global Asset Management Inc. v. Wai-Ping, [2003] O.J. No. 107 – successfully defeated a motion for an injunction to enforce non-solicitation and non-competition agreements.