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- Osgoode Hall Law School (2019) JD
- University of Ottawa (2015) B.Soc.Sc (Political Science and History)
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Brianne Westland (she/her)
is an associate at Lenczner Slaght.
Brianne summered and articled at Lenczner Slaght, where she gained experience across a wide range of matters including commercial litigation, professional liability, employment disputes, estates litigation, and class actions.
Brianne graduated from Osgoode Hall, where she was extensively involved in the clinic programs. Brianne completed an 8-month placement at Parkdale Community Legal Services as an immigration caseworker, where she assisted on applications such as family sponsorship and humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and with inadmissibility issues.
Throughout law school, Brianne worked as a student advocate for Fair Change Community Services, where she appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice representing street-involved persons with Provincial Offences tickets. Brianne also worked as a caseworker for the International Refugee Assistance Program, where she assisted international refugee claimants with their written applications and interview preparation.
In her third year of law school, Brianne competed as part of Osgoode’s Jessup International Law moot team.
Prior to law school, Brianne studied Political Science and History at the University of Ottawa, taking her courses in both English and French, and completing multiple COOP internships in public policy across different government departments. Following her undergrad, Brianne spent a year living in Brazil before returning to Canada for law school.
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Counsel to a general contractor in an arbitration relating to a major Ontario transit project.
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Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors v Form & Build Supply (Toronto) Inc
Counsel to Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors in a successful motion to declare a lien from a sub-subcontractor expired. The decision was the first to consider and apply the transition provisions in the Construction Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30 to the time limit to register a lien.
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Counsel to a plastic surgeon in a proposed class action relating to alleged privacy breaches.
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Counsel to the successful respondent in an arbitration about the contractual right to recover interest and other expenses from condominium corporations in relation to the construction of a community center in a private residential community.
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Canadian Bar Association
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Ontario Bar Association
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The Advocates' Society
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Last Friday, the Ontario Court of Appeal released decisions in Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co, Obodo v Trans Union of Canada, Inc, and Winder v Marriott International, Inc—a trilogy of decisions clarifying whether the tort of intrusion upon seclusion applies to the owners of databases when there are data breaches caused by third party hackers. Thankfully for database owners, the Court of Appeal concluded that intrusion upon seclusion cannot apply in those circumstances.
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Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Five New Associates
Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to add to its collective experience and knowledge with the addition of five exceptional associates.
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Why the Construction Act’s transition provisions are still important 3 years later
Aaron I. Grossman and Brianne Westland authored the article Why the Construction Act’s transition provisions are still important 3 years later, which was published by On-Site Magazine.