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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 maintains a diverse litigation practice. Her civil litigation practice includes complex commercial disputes, professional negligence, and civil fraud. Brianne has particular experience with construction and infrastructure disputes, having represented owners, general contractors, and subtrades working on construction projects of all sizes in a wide range of matters. In the administrative law context, Brianne has significant experience with professional regulation and has handled various professional discipline matters at all stages both as a prosecutor and as defence counsel.
Brianne is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School. While at Osgoode, she participated extensively in the school’s clinic programs, representing low-income individuals on a range of issues related to immigration and to provincial offences. Brianne also competed as part of Osgoode’s Jessup International Law Moot team.
Prior to law school, Brianne obtained her Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa in Political Science and History. While completing her undergraduate degree, she worked in various public policy and advisory positions across different departments with the federal government.
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407 ETR Concession Company v Camplin
Counsel to the 407 ETR Concession Company in a successful summary judgment motion, obtaining judgment personally against an individual defendant for a fraudulent scheme conducted through the use of corporations.
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College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario v Tian
Counsel to the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario as prosecutors against the Defendant before the Discipline Committee of the College regarding allegations the Defendant practised while suspended, and obstructed and failed to cooperate with a College investigator.
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Crosslinx Transit Solutions v Ontario Infrastructure
Counsel to Crosslinx against Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx in an application pertaining to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The application sought declaratory relief with respect to the interpretation of the Project Agreement between the parties.
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Participated in representation of a general contractor in an arbitration relating to a major Ontario transit project.
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1107051 Ontario Ltd v GG Kingspa Enterprises Limited Partnership
Counsel to Great Gulf in a large commercial dispute involving the development of two large condominium projects in the heart of downtown Toronto. Great Gulf successfully resisted the Plaintiffs’ motion to strike claims for repudiation made in Great Gulf’s counterclaim.
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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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College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario v Xu
Counsel to the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners in a complex prosecution of a member found guilty of issuing false diplomas to numerous applicants to the College. The matter raised issues of fundamental importance to the College including the integrity of its registration system.
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Counsel to a plastic surgeon in a certified 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.