Experience
Our Toronto based lawyers have many years of experience in Courts in Toronto and across Ontario. We are frequently consulted and retained by other lawyers as litigation counsel. Over the last several years, more than 200 lawyers and other professionals have referred complex litigation and family cases to us.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Services
Ellyn Law LLP provides comprehensive litigation services. Sound advice, effective strategy and negotiations and experienced advocacy are the hallmarks of our approach to each case. We understand and apply ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) methods wherever possible to reduce the time and cost of obtaining the best possible result for our client.
The Lawyers of Ellyn Law LLP
The meet the lawyers at Ellyn Law LLP Toronto Lawyers. Our lawyers provide clientele with well seasoned knowledge and many years of experience in all the Courts of Ontario.
Igor Ellyn QC, Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation
Igor Ellyn is the founding partner of the firm and a senior commercial litigator. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1973, Mr. Ellyn was designated Queen's Counsel in 1985 and has been certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation since 1989. He is also Honourary Legal Counsel of Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Mr. Ellyn acts as legal counsel in litigation and arbitrations in English and French. He also accepts assignments as a mediator and arbitrator in English and French. For a Complete Bio, including a downloadable ADR c.v.,
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Orie H. Niedzviecki -Orie is a member of the Ontario Bar and has practiced commercial litigation for more than six years. He is also admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia and is conversant with many aspects of U.S. law. For a Complete Bio click here.
Evelyn Perez Youssoufian is a litigation associate in the firm. She provides services to clients in support of partners of the firm and independently. Evelyn has appeared in the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Provincial Offences Court. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2005. She articled at a well-respected Ottawa firm and had practiced criminal law with senior counsel in Toronto before joining our firm. She received an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law of the University of Windsor and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy.
Lawyers in our firm have many years of experience in all the Courts of Ontario. Listed below are cases we have successfully concluded for our clients.
This is a partial list of cases decided in the Courts of Ontario on which lawyers in our firm have acted as counsel:
114567 Canada Ltd. (c.o.b. Toronto R.V. Centre) v. Attwell, [2000] O.J. No. 3808
Alizadeh v. Akhavan, [2004] O.J. No. 2147
Avenue Structures Inc. v. Pacific Empire Development Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3272
Bakemates International Inc. (Re), [2003] O.J. No. 3191
Bargman v. Rooney, [1998] O.J. No. 5528 ONCtGD
Barclays Private Bank (Cayman) et al. v. T.D. Securities Inc. [2002 SCJ]
Brownstone Press Ltd. v. Rosenfeld et al. [1988] O.J.No. 2572 ONSCHCtD - 1988
Canadian Private Copying Collective v. Retailers Council [SCCA -2005 Motion for leave to intervene]
Canadian Private Copying Collective v. ASI Corp. [2005 Fed Ct.Prothonotary]
Canadian Private Copying Collective v. Canotech Corp [2005 Fed Ct. Prothonotary]
Crowther v. Litman et al., 37 O.R. (2d) 570
Double D Developments Ltd. v. Green, [1979] O.J. No. 1843 ONSCHCtD - 1979 May
Ellam v. Ellam, [1975] O.J. No. 546 ONCA - 1975 May 20
Ellyn v. Argyropoulos, [1991] O.J. No. 2373 ONCtGD - 1991 Nov 29
Federman Estate (Re), [1994] O.J. No. 1088 ONCtGD - 1994 May 19
Georg v. Hassanali, [1989] O.J. No. 3007 ONSCHCtD
Giannotti v. Wellington Enterprises Ltd., [1997] O.J. No. 574 ONCtGD - 1997 Feb 17
Green v. Royal Trust Corp. of Canada, [1979] O.J. No. 672 ONSCHCtD - 1979 Jan 15
Hains Marketing Associates Ltd. v. Canadian Olympic Assn., [2000] O.J. No. 973
Husian v. Hicks, [1982] O.J. No. 1111 ONSCHCtD - 1982 Dec 22
Just Speakers Inc. v. Benia, [2002] O.J. No. 2097
Kiss Estate v. Kiss, [1983] 1 S.C.R. 623
Kiss v. Palachik et al., 34 O.R. (2d) 484 ONCA - 1981 Nov 26
Krabi v. Krabi, [1989] O.J. No. 2583 ONSCHCtD - 1989 Jun 29
Krim v. Junger (Trustee of) (Ont. C.A.), [1991] O.J. No. 1925 ONCA - 1991 Oct 31
Lamperstorfer v. McDermott (Trustee of), [1984] O.J. No. 1472 ONSCHCtD - 1984
Leonard v. Flora Estate, [1979] O.J. No. 839 ONSCHCtD - 1979 Apr 5
MacPherson v. Ritz Management Inc., [1990] O.J. No. 516 ONSCHCtD - 1990 Apr 6
MacPherson v. Ritz Management Inc., [1992] O.J. No. 506 ONCtGD - 1992 Mar 16
Makarchuk v. Mid Transportation Services Ltd., [1985] O.J. No. 1016 ONSCHCt
Manley v. Manley, [1990] O.J. No. 1701 ONSCHCtD - 1990 Sep 21
Mexam Corp. v. Coffee, Tea or ... Me Bakery & Café Inc., [2001] O.J. No. 3535 ONSupCtJus2001
Mexam Corp. v. Coffee, Tea or ... Me Bakery & Café Inc., [2002] O.J. No. 4487 OSupCtJusDivCt
Michele Hair Products Ltd. v. Katz, [1974] O.J. No. 989 ONSCHCtD - 1974 Nov 20 -
Molinaro v. U-Buy Discount Foods, [2000] O.J. No. 4642 ONSupCtJus - 2000 Dec 6
Morris (c.o.b. Glenhugh Enterprise) v. Call the Car Alarm Guys, [2005] O.J. No. 85 ONCA
OEMSDF Inc. v. Europe Israel Ltd., [1999] O.J. No. 3594 ONSupCtJus - 1999 Sep 22
Park Lane Homes v. Renco Pecotic (Ont. C.A.), [1989] O.J. No. 1777 ONCA - 1989
Payless Home Marketing Inc. v. Silverman, [2003] O.J. No. 464 ONSupCtJus - 2003 Jan 24
Pothos Leasing Ltd. v. Headon, [2003] O.J. No. 5067 ONSupCtJus - 2003 Nov 29
R. v. Giannotti, [1996] O.J. No. 5356 ONCtProvD - 1996 Apr 19
R.J.L. v. Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, [1976] O.J. No. 138
Re Deerhurst Investment Ltd. and FPI Management Systems Ltd., 50 O.R. (2d) 687
Red Poppies Ltd. v. Film Opticals of Canada Ltd., [1995] O.J. No. 3323
Rizek v. Rizek, [1989] O.J. No. 950 ONHCJ - 1989 Jun 9
Robitaille v. Cosford, [1998] O.J. No. 2892 ONCtGD - 1998 Jun 30
Rusch v. Omega Trim & Doors Ltd., [2000] O.J. No. 994 ONSupCtJus - 2000 Feb 17
Sadie Moranis Real Estate Ltd. v. 1338941 Ontario Ltd., [2003] O.J. No. 4949
Sadie Moranis Real Estate Ltd. v. 1338941 Ontario Ltd., [2003] O.J. No. 3867
Sadie Moranis Real Estate Ltd. v. HongKong Bank of Canada, [1998] O.J. No. 1147
Sadie Moranis Real Estate v. Hongkong Bank [1998] O.J.No. 2483 ONCA 1998 Jun 15
Scherer v. Price Waterhouse, [1985] O.J. No. 881 ONHCJ - 1985 Aug 16
Schwartz Levitsky Feldman v. Stone, [1998] O.J. No. 3540 ONCtGD - 1998 Sep 3
Schwartz Levitsky Feldman v. Stone, [1998] O.J. No. 5548 ONCtGD - 1998 Dec 17
Schwartz Levitsky Feldman v. Stone, [1999] O.J. No. 4070 ONCA - 1999 Nov 1 -
Standard Chartered Bank of Canada v. Torontour, [1988] O.J. No. 564 ONHCJ -
Strawrene Ltd. v. Kay et al., 55 O.R. (2d) 429
Suriano v. Quat (S.C.C.), [1996] S.C.C.A. No. 10
Temar Construction Ltd. v. West Hill Redevelopment Co., [1986] O.J. No. 54
Tessis v. Agil Holding Ltd. (Ont. C.A.), [1982] O.J. No. 26 ONCA - 1982 Feb 9 -
Tessis v. Scherer et al.*, 39 O.R. (2d) 149 ONCA
Texaco Canada Ltd. v. Minnis, 6 O.R. (2d) 218 ONCoCt - 1974 Aug 7
Toronto Dominion Bank v. Forsythe, [1999] O.J. No. 3136 ONSupCtJus - 1999 Jul 30
Toronto Dominion Bank v. Forsythe, 47 O.R. (3d) 321 ONCA - 2000 Mar 8
Tri-Brook Homes (North Hill) Ltd. v. Clint Developments Inc., [1999] O.J. No. 4970 1999 Nov 22
Walker v. Fazio, [2001] O.J. No. 1254
Wigmore Farms v. A & BB Rice March 2005
Zingone v. Zingone, [1985] O.J. No. 505 ONHCJ - 1985 Aug 14