Ewa Krajewska

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Public Law
  Appellate Work - represented public interest groups
  institutions on precedent setting decisions: Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association on the availability of habeas corpus to immigration detainees to challenge their detention (decision on reserve).
  Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the HIV AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
  the Income Security Advocacy Centre in S.A. v Metro Vancouver, a case that addressed the use
  merits of Henson trusts for persons with disabilities (decision on reserve).
  Counsel for Humber River Regional Hospital on the constitutionality of the common law definition of death Ouanounou v Humber River Hospital et al .
  Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  the Canadian Federation of Business at the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Comeau, a decision that dealt with interprovincial trade of beer.
  Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in Amaratunga v. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization on the jurisdictional immunity of international organizations.
  Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Muslim Canadian Congress in R v. N.S. on the right of a woman to wear a niqab while testing at trial.
  Counsel for Ontario Shores on the constitutionality of certain criminal code provisions Kobzar (Re).
  Defended successfully a municipal councillor against conflict of interest allegations - Lorello v Meffe .
  Estates Litigation: - represented clients involved in contentious estates disputes: Recognizing the emotional complexity of estates matters, Ewa focuses on finding solutions to resolve estate disputes while at the same time holding those in positions of trust to account.
  Ewa has expertise in the following types of estate disputes: Responding to a Will challenge - Counsel for estate trustee before the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Neuberger v. York on the novel issue of whether estoppel applies in Will challenges.
  Pursuing advisors, attorneys for property
  trustees who are alleged to have defrauded beneficiaries.
  Obtaining advances on equalizations of net family property - Skrobacky v. Frymer .
  Shareholder disputes in private
  closely held corporations - Trezzi v Trezzi .
  Dissolution of a real estate partnerships - Nasjjec v Nuyork.
  Contested passings of account - Vano (Re).
  Energy Sector Litigation: Ewa provides both strategic advice to energy sector clients
  litigation advice, including on complex matters before the Ontario Energy Board.
  Many of the disputes on which Ewa has acted have been resolved through confidential arbitration
  are therefore not publishable.