Goldblatt Partners provides comprehensive legal services to trade unions and employee associations in all areas of labour and employment law.
Our civil litigators act in all types of civil disputes, including proceedings before professional regulatory bodies, as well as in coroners’ inquests and public inquiries.
We are counsel in a broad variety of class actions, including employment, state accountability, human rights & institutional abuse, Indigenous rights, consumer protection, privacy, copyright, and pension class actions.
In addition, we have a criminal defence practice, a burgeoning Aboriginal law practice, and a public interest litigation practice.
Click on the practice areas below to find out more.
Aboriginal Law
We provide cutting-edge representation on a wide range of legal matters for Indigenous individuals and groups.
Administrative Law
We represent clients before a wide variety of administrative and regulatory tribunals.
Appeals & Judicial Review
We have extensive appellate experience, at all levels of the courts. We also provide Supreme Court agency services.
Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law
We represent unions, employees and retirees in complex bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings.
Civil Litigation
We represent individuals, businesses, trade unions and professional organizations in all types of civil law disputes.
Class Action Litigation
Our team has worked on many precedent-setting class action lawsuits and achieved landmark results.
Constitutional Law
Our constitutional law and Charter of Rights practice is one of the busiest and most varied in the country.
Construction Labour Relations
Our construction labour relations specialists represent construction trade unions in all labour relations matters.
Criminal Law
Our criminal defence lawyers represent clients in a wide range of criminal and quasi-criminal law matters.
Disability Law
We represent clients in disability benefits claims, and also assist clients in negotiating the terms of disability plans.
Employment Law
Our employment lawyers help non-unionized employees with a broad spectrum of employment law matters.
Human Rights Law
Our human rights lawyers represent clients before a variety of administrative tribunals and in the courts.
Inquests & Inquiries
We act as counsel to and before commissions of public inquiry and before coroners' inquests.
Labour Law
We have an extremely busy labour law practice, representing trade unions in a wide variety of workplaces.
Pay Equity
Our pay equity practice group helps trade unions navigate the highly complex field of pay equity law.
Pension & Benefits Law
Our pension group provides advice and representation to pension plan trustees, as well as to unions and individuals.
Privacy & Access to Information
We provide legal advice and representation in a wide range of privacy and access to information matters.
Professional Regulation & Liability
We represent clients before professional regulatory bodies and defend professionals accused of negligence.
Public Interest Litigation
We represent progressive organizations and individuals in a wide range of public interest issues and campaigns.