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- University of Toronto (2017) JD
- University of Western Ontario (2010) MA in Philosophy (Distinction)
- University of Western Ontario (2009) BA (Honours Specialization in Philosophy) (Gold Medalist)
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Sarah Bittman (she/her)
is an associate at Lenczner Slaght.
As a summer and articling student at Lenczner Slaght, Sarah worked on complex commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and multiple professional negligence matters.
Sarah completed her JD at the University of Toronto where she was heavily involved in the mooting community as both a competitor and coach. In her second year, she competed in the Wilson Equality Moot, where her team earned first place in both oral and written advocacy. In her final year, Sarah acted as President of the Students’ Law Society, and was awarded the Gordon Cressy Award for student leadership and the Leonard Feigman Evidence Prize.
Prior to attending law school, Sarah studied philosophy, doing graduate work at Western University and University of California, Los Angeles.
After articling with the firm, Sarah clerked for Justice Rowe at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Urban Mechanical Contracting Ltd et al v Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Counsel to Zurich in an appeal from several applications brought by the lenders and subcontractors on the St. Michael’s Hospital Redevelopment Project in Toronto. The lenders and subcontractors sought to prevent Zurich from seeking rescission of surety bonds worth nearly $300 million in a separate action. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, allowing Zurich to continue with its action for rescission.
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Counsel to the successful Defendant, Tecumseh, at trial for manufacturer of electric motors in product liability action.
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Agent for class counsel in a class proceeding by residents, employees, and businesses in Ottawa against the Freedom Convoy organizers. Successfully obtained an ex parte Mareva order freezing donations made to Freedom Convoy organizers and preserving the funds for the benefit of Ottawa residents, employees, and businesses.
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Counsel to a physician on a motion to determine the existence of a novel duty of care in the health care setting.
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Grant Thornton v New Brunswick
Counsel to Grant Thornton in a successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada clarifying the rule of discoverability in limitation periods law across Canada.
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Stableview Asset Management Inc (Re)
Counsel to the Respondent in an enforcement proceeding before the Capital Markets Tribunal alleging fraud and conflict of interest who successfully moved to strike substantial components of the prosecution’s proposed evidence.
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Counsel to Zurich in an action to rescind surety bonds worth nearly $300 million, and to recover over $68 million, due to collusion and misrepresentations in the bidding process for the St. Michael’s Hospital Redevelopment Project in Toronto.
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Counsel to the Defendant barristers and solicitors in an action claiming damages of over $12 million arising from a dental equipment supply agreement. The plaintiffs alleged breach of fiduciary duties and negligence. At trial, nominal damages of only $2,000 were awarded.
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Counsel to the defendant urologist in successfully defeating a claim at Trial for damages arising from the misdiagnosis of kidney cancer in a diabetic patient.
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Ontario Bar Association
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Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2021/2022
In Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2021/2022, Lenczner Slaght is featured for its involvement in Li v Barber and Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association. Monique Jilesen was further interviewed on our involvement in Li v Barber, where our team successfully obtained a precedent-setting Mareva order.
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Citizens group wins court-ordered freeze of convoy protest accounts, cryptocurrency
In the Toronto Star, Lenczner Slaght lawyers, Monique Jilesen, Madison Robins, and Sarah Bittman are mentioned for their role in acting for Champ Law in a precedent-setting Mareva injunction that froze the bitcoin and cryptocurrency assets of the Freedom Convoy leaders.
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Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke (and Negligence)
In Burr v Tecumseh, our expert litigators successfully defended, at trial, against claims of negligence against the manufacturer of a component part in an end use appliance which caused a house fire.
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Top 10 Business Decisions of 2020-2021
In Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2020-2021 article, Lenczner Slaght is featured for its involvement in Grant Thornton LLP v New Brunswick and Corner Brook (City) v Bailey. Peter Griffin also provides his expert insights on the significance of Grant Thornton LLP v New Brunswick for the feature.
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Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Eight New Associates
Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to strengthen its talent pool with the addition of eight exceptional associates.
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Class Actions and the Problem with Probabilistic Causation
Sarah Bittman authored the article Class Actions and the Problem with Probabilistic Causation that appeared in the The Canadian Class Action Review: Volume 13, Issue 1.