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Email: pfs@patrickschindler.com
Patrick Schindler has over four decades of experience resolving clients' disputes in a timely and cost effective manner.
Patrick Schindler is a civil litigator specializing in commercial litigation, tax law, First Nations & administrative law, and arbitration. With a wealth of litigation experience first as a partner at an elite Bay Street firm, then as an independent practitioner and special counsel to large Toronto and international firms, Patrick has engaged in problems ranging from international commercial disputes, to the administrative review of public decisionmaking impacting the interests of native communities in Canada. Clients are appreciative of Patrick's responsible approach to their dispute resolution needs, as he champions their cause while constantly seeking ways to pre-empt costly, acrimonious and time consuming litigation.
Recent Experience
Commercial
- Representation of a trucking company in a dispute with its insurer over the payment of benefits in respect of stolen high value goods
- A claim by an executive in a dispute with his former employer over the denied payment of compensation pursuant to a share purchase agreement
- A claim by a terminated franchisee against a major Canadian franchise corporation for wrongful termination of franchise
- The defence of a claim against a Canada-based cargo carrier client, by a multinational U.S. based logistics company, for cargo lost in transport
- Successful opposition of an application by the wholly-owned subsidiary of an American waste disposal firm to build a landfill on a site near First Nations’ territory (a leading case on deference due to decisions of a band council)
- A suit against the federal government for compensation for band territory polluted during the government’s use and occupation of those lands during World War II
- Defence of a claim against a band council brought by one its members alleging, among other things, that the band council acted unreasonably and in bad faith in the granting of a government contract to a band member
- Successful appeal of the Canada Revenue Agency's denial of a taxpayer's claim for a non-capital loss deduction pursuant to s. 20(1)(j) of the Income Tax Act