JAMIE SPOTSWOOD is an associate at Lenczner Slaght.
Jamie holds a B.A. (Honours with Distinction) in Linguistics from the University of Victoria and an LL.B. (Dean's Honour List) from the Faculty of Law at Queen's University. He articled with Lenczner Slaght and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2007.
Jamie's civil litigation practice encompasses a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes, professional responsibility matters, shareholder and director disputes, oppression claims, environmental litigation, mining and energy litigation, and real estate law. Jamie has appeared before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, as well as before administrative tribunals, Coroner's Inquests, and at private arbitrations.
Jamie is a member of the Advocates' Society, Canadian Bar Association, and Toronto Litigators' Group.
CASES
A representative list of Jamie’s cases follows:
In the Matter of Charges against JDB et al. [2010] O.J. No. 1136 (Div. Ct.) - successful Judicial Review of longest disciplinary proceeding in history of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, followed by an appeal before the Appeal Committee of the ICAO (February 13, 2009).
Marchand v. Jackiewicz et al., [2010] O.J. No. 1195 (S.C.J.) - successful defence at trial of three physicians who allegedly failed to postpone the plaintiff's elective surgery that resulted in the plaintiff developing an invasive group A streptococcal infection leading to organ failure, toxic-shock like syndrome, and a coma.
Van Ginkel v. QGX Ltd. [2010] O.J. No. 1755 (C.A.) - appeal from application Judge's dismissal of application to enforce an Options Agreement.
Sagl v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, [2009] O.J. No. 1879 (C.A.) - successful in having trial judgment set aside in 22 day arson trial due to failure of trial judge to make vital credibility findings. Court of Appeal applies latest Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence on adequacy of reasons of trial judges. Application for Leave to Appeal to S.C.C. dismissed.
Echo Energy Canada Inc. v. Challenge Gas Holding AB, [2008] O.J. No. 4843 (S.C.J.) - application to block the voting of shares on the basis that the Respondents had participated in a transaction that was not fairly and accurately disclosed to the public markets.
Blue Note Mining Inc. v. CanZinco, [2008] O.J. No. 3403 (S.C.J.) - successful defence of a motion to stay the plaintiff's claim for lack of jurisdiction.
City of Toronto Economic Development Corp. v. Olco Petroleum Group Inc., [2008] O.J. No. 2413 (S.C.J.) - motion for production of information over which settlement privilege was claimed in environmental litigation.
Stewart v. Stewart, [2008] O.J. No. 3478 (S.C.J.) - represented a financial services company on a motion for non-party production in a matrimonial litigation.
Inquest into the Death of Michael Douglas, 2008 - represented three physicians at the Coroner's Inquest into the death of Michael Douglas, who was a psychiatric patient that eloped from hospital and was fatally shot by police.
Inquest into the Death of Ronald Grant, 2008 - represented a physician at the Coroner's Inquest into the death of Ronald Grant, who was an inmate that died while in custody at the Central East Detention Centre.
