John Polyzogopoulos

Successfully had half a million default judgment set aside and obtained almost $80,000 costs award in multi-million dollar defamation and conspiracy case. View decisions here: 2024 ONSC 437, 2024 ONSC 977

Successfully imposed on registered owner a notice obligation and security over proceeds of sale of a valuable commercial property pending the court’s determination of the extent of our client’s interest in the property. View decision here.

Representing client in defence of breach of contract and civil conspiracy claim involving alleged contraventions of the price maintenance provisions of the Competition Act. View decision here.

Acted for client in dispute over the validity of the appointment of a litigation guardian of an elderly plaintiff. View decision here.

Acted for client in defence of claim made under a guarantee and in effort to have matter heard in foreign jurisdiction rather than Ontario. View decision here.

Assisted client in compelling the sale of co-owned investment properties and obtaining a costs award. View decision here.

On behalf of a franchisor client, succeeded in obtaining permission from the court to file a late affidavit in defence of a motion for summary judgment which ended up proving critical to the client ultimately succeeding in resisting the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on appeal. View decision here.

Succeeded in obtaining temporary injunction prohibiting landlord from locking out tenant pending an appeal, even though the client’s application to permit him to renew his lease was dismissed. View decision here.

Successfully represented a developer against a condominium board in a precedent-setting case

Successfully overturned a wrongful conviction of an accountant for professional misconduct. View decision here.

Acted for prominent Canadian businessman in the enforcement of judgments. View decision here.

Acted in an intervention on a securities law issue before the Supreme Court of Canada. View decision here.

Acted for lender in enforcing its security, appointing an investigative receiver and obtaining a non-dissipation order against the debtors

Acted for a prominent architectural firm in a contractional dispute that involved jurisdictional issues. View decision here.

Effectively represented the Government of Nunavut (GN) in a complex multi-million dollar products liability claim brought by the GN against the suppliers of defective gasoline that damaged over 2,000 snowmobiles owned by Inuit and other residents of Nunavut. View decision here.

Acted for the plaintiff vendors in a dispute with the purchaser of the shares of a large kitchen cabinet manufacturer. View decisions here: 2009 ONCA 659, 2009 CanLII 2483.

Acted for the Greater Toronto Hockey League, the world’s largest hockey league, in an internal governance dispute between the Scarborough Youth House League and West Hill Minor Hockey Association. View decision here.

Successfully stopped a multi-million dollar transaction from proceeding at the behest of one shareholder who had not consulted or obtained approval for the deal from his client, resulting in a leading decision on the test for obtaining an injunction against a co-shareholder. View decision here.

Represented a First Nations band involving the blockade of uranium exploration on disputed aboriginal lands

Obtained a rare order for interim legal costs to be paid to his client by the other side before the case was to even be heard. View decision here.

Successfully acted for husband in setting aside an order freezing the proceeds of sale of his interest in a business. View decision here.