Clifford J. Hart > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
Canada

Work Department

Labour and Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Clifford provides strategic advice and training to a wide range of private and public sector employers on diverse labour relations and employment law related issues. This includes:

  • collective bargaining and collective agreements
  • union-organizing campaigns
  • unfair labour practices
  • strikes and picketing
  • human rights
  • discipline and discharge
  • wrongful dismissal
  • employment standards
  • human resources policies and procedures

Clifford appears regularly as employer counsel in grievance and interest arbitrations and before administrative tribunals including the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Human Rights Tribunal.

Clifford has worked on a number of wage and hour and “misclassification” class actions. He also acts as counsel to National Hockey League clubs in salary arbitration disputes with their players.

Memberships

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association (labour law section)
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
  • Member, Sports Lawyers Association

Education

  • LLB, University of Alberta, 1987
  • BA, McGill University, 1984

Bar Admission

  • Ontario, 1991
  • Alberta, 1988

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Labour and employment

The practice group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is regularly instructed by corporate clients in the construction, energy, transportation, financial services, pharmaceutical and tech segments for its labour and employment expertise. Litigation and arbitration, collective bargaining, labour relations, pensions and benefits and workplace investigations constitute core areas of focus for the team. Vancouver-based Shelley-Mae Mitchell directs the national department and specializes in preventive advice, employment policies and employment litigation. Key contacts at the Toronto office include litigator Matthew Certosimo and labour and employment all-rounder Clifford Hart. At the Montreal office, senior counsel Danny Kaufer and labour relations specialist André Royer are noted. Laura Mensch (labour, employment, occupational health and safety) and Duncan Marsden are key contacts in Calgary.