Reliable Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Toronto & the GTA.
Clients trust us to resolve disputes relating to commercial agreements, contracts, transactions, relationships, compliance matters, allegations of negligence, and beyond.
If a commercial dispute escalates to litigation, leigh.law ensures a thorough grasp of your objectives and priorities. Once identified, we collaborate closely with you to implement the most effective strategy aimed at achieving your goals effectively.
leigh.law is equipped to assist with commercial and business-related disputes or challenges such as:
- All manner of shareholder disputes
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Asset sale or purchase transactions
- Illegal removal of company funds
- Removal of a director or officer
- Personal liability of directors or officers
- Fraudulent misrepresentation or deceit
- Misrepresentations of the company’s finances
- Disagreements regarding corporate management
- Unfair treatment
- Breach of non-competition or non-solicitation clauses
- Dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of a company
- Application of a shotgun or buy-sell clauses
- Share valuation
- Sale of a company
- Oppression of minority or majority shareholders
- Asset Sale Disputes
- Collections of debts
- Commercial lease disputes and negotiations
- Construction lien disputes
- Contract disputes, including issues with contractual interpretations
- Breach of loan agreements
- Breach of agreement of purchase and sale
- Breach of shareholder agreements
- Breach of construction agreements
- Breach of commercial contract leases
- Debtor and creditor disputes
- Defamation actions
- Derivative actions
- Estate disputes involving corporate or business relationships
- Franchise disputes
- Insurance matters related to commercial or property matters
- Interim and interlocutory injunctions including
- Mareva Injunctions and
- Anton Piller Orders
- Litigation involving fraudulent conveyances and preference
- Oppression remedies
- Partnership contests
- Real estate issues including boundary disputes and expropriations
meet your lawyer.
Peter Leigh is a litigator and the founder of leigh. law. He is a former prosecutor and Bay Street litigator.
Peter spent the first seven years of his legal career at McCarthy Tétrault, where he litigated high-stakes and high-profile disputes for some of the country’s most prominent corporations, institutions, and individuals. He then joined the Ministry of the Attorney General as a Crown Attorney in his hometown of Hamilton, where he prosecuted criminal trials and hearings related to fraud, breach of trust, sexual assault, property crimes, and guns and gangs.
Peter brings to bear his experience, dedication, and fearlessness to every client’s dispute. He acts for corporations, shareholders, professionals and individuals in a wide range of litigation including shareholder and partnership disputes, real property litigation, professional and personal liability claims, and allegations of fraud. He has litigated cases at all levels of court in Ontario, and arbitral and administrative tribunals across the province.
service Area.
- Toronto
- Etobicoke
- Vaughan
- North York
- Scarborough
- Richmond Hill
- New Market
- Markham
- Pickering/Ajax
- Brampton
- Mississauga
- Oakville
- Burlington
- Milton
- Guelph
- Hamilton
- Brantford
- St. Catharines
- Niagara Falls
- Grimbsy
real estate law faq.
Here are some answers to frequently asked questions regarding Real Estate Law. If you don’t find the answer you are looking for, please contact us.
While always beneficial, construction contracts can be formed with or without a written contract.
The contractor’s right to lien a property arises automatically by virtue of them having provided services and materials to property. This automatic lien generally lasts for 60 days from the date the contract is completed or substantially performed. The lien must then be ‘preserved’ by registering it, and then ‘perfected’ by commencing a lawsuit. There are strict timelines associated with each stage of the lien which, if not followed, are fatal to the ability to claim the lien.
Ontario’s new Construction Act has a “prompt payment” regime which allows the parties to the contract to settle disputes that arise as the project unfolds. This new feature of the Act allows for timely resolution of minor disputes before they become major. Lie the Act as a whole, the prompt payment regime entails strict timelines that must be followed.