Expertise
- Education:
- Osgoode Professional Development (2019) Certificate in E-Discovery, Information Governance and Privacy
- Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (2019) Law Clerk Diploma (Honours)
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology/Ontario Tech University (2017) Honours BA (Highest Distinction)
Details
- Bio
- Cases
- Associations
- Recognition
Paulina Goncalves (she/her)
is a law clerk at Lenczner Slaght.
From the commencement of an action, through the discovery process, up to trials and appeals, Paulina assists in all aspects of the litigation process, with a focus on commercial litigation matters. Paulina efficiently manages and organizes complex, document-intensive litigation matters across all stages of the discovery process using eDiscovery software including Relativity and Ipro. Paulina has experience managing eDiscovery vendors and supporting large-scale reviews.
Paulina has assisted counsel in both Federal and Provincial matters and has experience in all levels of court in Ontario. She also provides support to lawyers in professional disciplinary matters for regulatory colleges and tribunals and assists the firm’s Discovery Counsel on discovery management projects, including cataloguing and central archiving of client data.
Paulina joined Lenczner Slaght as a law clerk intern in 2019 and completed the law clerk program at Humber College.
-
Abbasbayli v Fiera Foods Company et al
Trial counsel to the defendant companies and corporate directors in a wrongful dismissal action brought by a former employee. The employee’s action was dismissed. The defendants were successful at trial in establishing the employee has perpetrated wilful misconduct justifying termination for cause.
-
Bell Media Inc et al v Warner Bros. Discovery et al
Counsel to the Warner Bros. Discovery entities responding to Bell Media Inc.’s request for a permanent injunction seeking to prevent Warner Bros. Discovery from licensing television content to Rogers Communications Inc.
-
University of Toronto (Governing Council) v Doe et al
Counsel to the University of Toronto in successfully bringing an interlocutory injunction to bring a peaceful end to the encampment that occupied the green space known as Front Campus for over 50 days. The University successfully argued that it was the private property owner of Front Campus and entitled to enforce its property rights over the protestors residing in the encampment. The University also successfully argued that its actions in respect of the encampment were not subject to the application of the Charter.
-
Counsel to the successful partner of a multi-billion dollar residential and commercial real estate developer and builder in obtaining successful order winding up and selling the partnership.
-
Counsel to Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors in an application against Metrolinx and Ontario Infrastructure (HMQE) in relation to HMQE’s failure to declare an emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crosslinx is a design and construction consortium established to deliver and maintain the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the second largest Canadian transit infrastructure project. We successfully resisted a motion to stay and succeeded entirely on the application to obtain contractual relief due to the pandemic. This is notable as it may have broader implications for other P3 Projects across the province of Ontario.
-
Re Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Trial counsel to IMCO in a breach of contract claim with manager of public infrastructure projects.
-
Wintercorn v Global Learning Group Inc; Piett v Global Learning Group Inc
Counsel to a defendant law firm in a class proceedings in Ontario and Saskatchewan relating to a tax donation program.
-
Women in eDiscovery
-
Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario
-
Academic Award of Excellence (2019)
Humber College
-
Bogoroch & Associates First-Year Award (2019)
Humber College
-
Charlene Minkowski Memorial Award (2020)
Humber College
-
Gowling LaFleur Henderson LLP Scholarship (2018)
Humber College