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Andrew articled with Mathews Dinsdale and returned to the
firm as an associate in 2009. Prior to joining the firm,
Andrew completed his LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School,
where he was a recipient of the Blakes Scholar Award for
academic achievement.

Andrew currently practices in all areas of workplace law.
He has represented employers in a wide variety of legal
forums and, in particular, regularly appears on behalf of
employers at the Ontario Labour Relations Board and at
labour arbitration.

Education
Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, LL.B., 2008
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, B.A. (Hons.), 2005

Bar Admission
Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario), 2009

Professional Affiliations
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association

Practice Areas
Union Organizing and Applications for Certification
Discipline and Termination of Employment
Labour Relations
Human Rights
Grievances and Arbitration
Employment Standards
Construction Labour Relations

Selwyn A. Pieters, B.A. (Toronto), LL.B. (Osgoode), L.E.C. (U.W.I). Lawyer & Notary Public (Ontario). Attorney-at-Law (Republic of Guyana and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). A significant portion of Selwyn's work involves representation of persons in human rights, civil and criminal litigation matters in the Federal and Provincial Courts and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

Selwyn is the successful litigant in the recent racial profiling case involving carding of three Black men: Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 CarswellOnt 7881, 2013 ONCA 396, 228 A.C.W.S. (3d) 204, 116 O.R. (3d) 81, 306 O.A.C. 314, 9 C.C.E.L. (4th) 233, [2013] O.J. No. 2695.

Selwyn has appeared at all levels of courts, including the Ontario Court of Appeal in Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden 267 D.L.R. (4th) 37, 208 O.A.C. 307 (C.A.); Bangoura v. Washington Post (2005) 202 O.A.C. 76, (2005) 17 C.P.C. (6th) 30 (Ont.C.A.), the Federal Court of Appeal in The Honourable Sinclair Stevens v. The Conservative Party of Canada, [2005] F.C.J. No. 1890, 2005 FCA 383 and Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Ontario v. Michael J. Fraser, et al., 2011 SCC 20. He represented Correctional Manager Mariann Taylor-Baptiste in the ground-breaking competing rights case of Taylor-Baptiste v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 2012 CarswellOnt 8965, 2012 HRTO 1393, 2012 C.L.L.C. 230-022 reconsideration denied in 2013 CarswellOnt 1033, 2013 HRTO 180, 2013 C.L.L.C. 230-019 at the HRTO; Civil Rights lawyer Charles Roach in the Oath cases of McAteer, Topey, Dror-Natan v. Canada (Attorney General) 2013 CarswellOnt 13165, 2013 ONSC 5895 (ON S.C.) and Roach et al. v. Canada 2012 CarswellOnt 7799, 2012 ONSC 352 (ON S.C.) which is a constitutional challenge to the oath in the Citizenship Act.

In the educational law realm, Selwyn is currently representing Dr. Christopher Spence in a University Tribunal hearing into allegations that he “knowingly represented the ideas of another, or the expressions of the ideas of another as your own work” in his1996 PhD thesis titled “The Effects of Sport Participation on the Academic and Career Aspirations of Black Male Student Athletes in Toronto High Schools.” Selwyn successfully represented Dan Freeman-Maloy (co-counsel with Peter Rosenthal) in the Ontario Court of Appeal. See, Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden 267 D.L.R. (4th) 37, 208 O.A.C. 307, 2006 CarswellOnt 1888, 79 O.R. (3d) 401, [2006] O.J. No. 1228, (2006) 146 A.C.W.S. (3d) 986 (C.A.), overturning Hoy J. decision in Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden [2005] O.J. No. 1730 (S.C.J.). Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada denied with costs. In this case the Court of Appeal ruled that a University President could be considered a public official for the purpose of a lawsuit alleging abuse of public office. In November 2013, Selwyn successfully won Academic Appeal at University of Toronto, Academic Appeal Committee: S.M. v. Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Selwyn obtained interim injunctive relief in Featherstone v. Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board [2005] O.J. No. 4431 Billy v. York Catholic District School Board [2005] O.J. No. 4717, a Safe Schools Act suspension matter, that was settled at the Superior Court of Justice.

Selwyn provided representation to students from Emery Collegiate Institute in Suspension Appeal Hearings under the Education Act and a judicial review applicaiton in Divisional Court. See, B. (K.) (Litigation Guardian of) v. Toronto District School Board; 2008 CarswellOnt 455 (SCJ). See also, K. B. and T. M. v. Toronto District School Board et al. [2006] 81 OR (3d) 56; 268 DLR (4th) 698; 49 Admin LR (4th) 87; 211 OAC 75; K. B. and T. M. v. Toronto District School Board et al. [2006] O.J. No. 362 (sealing order); K. B. and T. M. v. Toronto District School Board et al. [2006] O.J. No. 746 (striking part of affidavit and sealing order); K.B. v. Toronto District School Board [2006] O.J. No. 1026 (intervention of JFCY); He's ready to fight for teenagers in trouble, Globe and Mail, January 14, 2006; Arrest Outrage Trustee, Toronto Star, December 12, 2005; Suspended Students Claim Bias, Toronto Star, December 13, 2005; TDSB seeks to bar public in case, March 23, 2006, Toronto Star.

Selwyn has litigated the racial profiling case of:
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2013 CarswellOnt 12134, 2013 HRTO 1472
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2013 CarswellOnt 11941
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2013 HRTO 1102
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2013 HRTO 73
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2012 CarswellOnt 11158
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, [2011] O.H.R.T.D. No. 618, 2011 HRTO 410
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2011 ONCJ 143, 2011 CarswellOnt 1980, 2011 ONCJ 143, 274 C.C.C. (3d) 272 (Ont. CJ.)
M. (R.) v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2010 CarswellOnt 9121, 2010 HRTO 2349
M. (R.)v. Toronto Police Services Board was recently settled to the satisfaction of all parties and the terms of settlement reached remain confidential.

In the criminal law realm some of the cases Selwyn argued on racial profiling includes: R. v. Steele, 2010 ONSC 233 (ON S.C.) and R. v. Egonu, 2007 CanLII 30475 (ON SC) - Driving while black and R. v. Bramwell-Cole [2010] O.J. No. 5838 (ON S.C.) - walking while black. Selwyn was co-counsel in the first HIV/AIDS murder trial in Canada: R. v. Aziga, 2008 CanLII 39222 (ON S.C.); R. v. Aziga; 2008 CarswellOnt 4300 (ON S.C.); R. v. Aziga, 2008 CanLII 29780 (ON S.C.).

Selwyn also acted as co-counsel with C. Nigel Hughes for the families of three deceased persons killed during a civil demonstration in Linden, Guyana, at the Linden Commission of Inquiry. Selwyn is currently co-counsel with Brian M. Clarke representing the Guyana Trades Union Congress in the Walter Anthony Rodney Commission of Inquiry in Georgetown, Guyana.

Hartley Lefton is a member of the Business Law Group, and the Banking, Insurance, Private Equity and Public Policy subgroups at Dentons Canada LLP. Hartley’s transactional and regulatory experience plays a key role in his advice to clients and allows him to offer practical insight on how companies can best achieve their business objectives.

Hartley’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, regulatory law, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His clients range from start-ups to large, multinational organizations. He has provided advice to clients based in Canada, the US, the Middle East, and Europe and in many industries, including financial institutions, transportation, technology/telecommunications, manufacturing and advisory services.

Hartley regularly provides advice to clients with respect to their ongoing operations, mergers and acquisitions, director responsibilities and liability, and shareholder and partnership agreements. He also advises international clients on conducting business in Canada, including matters relating to government, regulation, public policy, licensing, and tax issues.

He brings particular expertise in regulatory and transactional matters relating to financial institutions conducting business in Canada. Hartley has developed excellent working relationships with federal and provincial financial regulators across the country and his practice includes providing advice in respect of:

• Licensing foreign and domestic insurers and agencies/brokerages across Canada;
• Compliance and transactional issues such as reinsurance, investments and investment policies, outsourcing and related party transactions, as well as issues relating to specialty insurance and the boundary between insurance and warranties; and
• The supervisory framework of Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), including with accounting and actuarial issues.

David Nakelsky has a strong and diversified real estate and commercial practice with particular emphasis on condominium development for large and smaller residential and commercial condominium projects and has completed major condominium developments in Toronto, Ottawa, Waterloo, as well as recreational condominiums and chalets at Deerhurst and Horseshoe. In addition, David has extensive experience in complicated land development projects, purchase and sale transactions of both commercial residential properties as well as commercial land acquisitions, joint ventures, co-ownerships, including syndicating and acquisition of construction and subdivision projects. David also acts for Canadian banks, trust companies and private lenders on various types of mortgage transactions. David’s practice is on the leading edge of real estate in Canada offering services to condominium developers, commercial owners, purchasers and sellers of all types of real estate, which includes legal work and advice for developers, landlords, builders, land entrepreneurs, and construction managers. David’s extensive experience in condominium law has made him one of the most sought after condominium lawyers by developers of residential and commercial condominiums in Ontario and acts as the solicitor for many of the most successful and well-known condominium real estate developers and entrepreneurs in Ontario. Recent projects are in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Waterloo, Hunstsville (Deerhurst) and Collingwood (Horseshoe). David’s professional staff use the most sophisticated real estate conveyancing technology available and use their comprehensive knowledge of real estate as well as their extensive experience to assist each of our clients to be able complete their purchase or sale with confidence. And this includes assisting David with individual purchase and sales of family homes and all types of residential condominium units. Practice Focus: Condominium Real Estate Mortgage Financing Development and Planning Corporate and Commercial Leases Representative Legal Matters: David is currently managing all aspects of major Toronto residential condominium buildings combined with ground floor high-end street level commercial premises.