CIVIL & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAW

EMPLOYMENT LAW

• The lawyers in our Employment Practice Group are experienced and skilled in assisting both employees and employers with respect to all employment relationship issues, from drafting employment contracts, to resolving workplace disputes, and to representing our clients through the litigation process if necessary.

  We strive to provide creative solutions for the various employment related conflicts with a view to minimize the time, and costs to the client.  The following are some of the services we provide in the employment field:

  • Reviewing and drafting of workplace policies and procedures
  • Drafting and reviewing of confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements
  • Drafting and reviewing employment contracts
  • Wrongful dismissal claims
  • Termination/severance packages
  • Compliance with employment standards laws
  • Workplace privacy issues.

CONSTRUCTION LIEN

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP provides a wide range of services to different stakeholders in the construction industry. Our clients include general contractors, subcontractors, mortgagees, material suppliers, and owners. We understand the difficulties and frustrations that may arise in construction disputes, and accordingly we stay current with recent developments in the industry, in order to come up with creative and practical solutions.

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP’s litigation department provides general litigation services to individuals and corporations on a variety of commercial problems. The litigation lawyers have represented clients at mediations, administrative tribunals, arbitrations, trials, and appeals. They relentlessly pursue excellence, and innovative solutions, and are dedicated to advocacy of the highest standard.  Areas of practice include:
• • Complex contractual disputes
  • Shareholder litigation
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency
  • Intellectual property claims
  • Specific performance, fiduciary breach claims, injunctions
  • Mortgage remedies
  • Enforcement of real and personal securities, including general security agreements.

DEBTOR / CREDITOR MATTERS

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP’s litigation department has extensive experience acting for individuals and businesses on both the debtor and creditor side of collection matters. We have access to a vast range of search resources that enable us to advise clients of the practical chances of success, not only in receiving a judgment against a debtor, but also regarding the collection of the same. For those on the debtor side of the equation, we are able to provide sound advice regarding chances of success in defending claims brought by creditors and, where practical, desirable and instructed to, negotiate settlements and compromises. Debtors and creditors alike need to be aware of the provisions of the new Limitations Act and need to take this legislation into consideration when determining their legal rights and the right time to engage legal assistance to enforce the same.

COMMERCIAL FRAUD

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP’s litigation department has extensive experience acting for individuals, partnerships and corporations in matters relating to fraud, forgery, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust and other related causes of action. We have an established network of professionals whose resources can be utilized to assist us with the prosecution of such matters including accountants, computer technicians, private investigators, handwriting experts, engineers, and the like. The firm is also involved in advising our clients regarding the avoidance of fraud and risk management in hope that the need for such litigation can be avoided through more effective risk management plans.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP is a full service firm with a thriving real estate practice, handling significant volumes of both residential and commercial real estate transactions. Where issues arise regarding Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP real estate transactions or those of neighbouring real estate solicitors, our litigation department is called upon to find and achieve the most favourable solutions for our clients. Given the years of real estate experience at Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP, the litigation department is well equipped in resources and know-how to handle almost any transaction-related dispute that might arise.

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP's litigation department is fully equipped and experienced in the resolution of disputes through the courts and by way of alternative dispute resolution. There are situations where alternate methods of resolving disputes may be in your best interest. The lawyers in the firm are both open to alternate forms of dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration, and experienced in employing the processes and procedures related to these alternate forums. In addition, Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLP has counsel who are qualified and experienced in conducting mediations and arbitrations as mediators and arbitrators in their own right. Mediation and arbitration can often save parties significant amounts of time and can allow the parties to maintain more control over the outcome of the resolution of the particular dispute and the privacy of the proceedings. It is important to consider whether your dispute might be more effectively resolved through arbitration or mediation as the court litigation process can be long and uncertain.