About Amanda Jackson

Financial institutions and title insurers facing a commercial or banking dispute can bring it to Amanda Jackson, a litigator who works on their side of the table. Amanda is a partner at Gowling WLG in Hamilton and the national lead of the firm's Recovery Services Practice Group.

Amanda has long written and presented on mortgage issues, and is lead editor of Marriott and Dunn: Practice in Mortgage Remedies in Ontario. Talks at law society, bar association and mortgage industry events have covered power of sale, condominium liens, mortgage fraud and the problems marijuana grow operations create for lenders. Best Lawyers named Amanda its Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Law in Hamilton for both 2022 and 2024.

Court is a regular part of the job. Amanda appears in Ontario's courts at every level, the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal among them, and has also appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2021, Amanda was counsel for Home Trust Company when Vito Auciello sought leave from that court to appeal in a matter against Home Trust and CIBC Mortgages.

Amanda clerked at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, then came to Gowling WLG. Amanda earned an LLB at Dalhousie University in 1999, was called to the Ontario bar in 2002, and added a call in Nunavut in 2018.

Practice areas

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Mortgage enforcement and lender litigation

Amanda goes to court on behalf of financial institutions and title insurers in commercial and banking matters, with enforcing mortgages as a mainstay. Mortgage and real estate fraud, fraudulent conveyances and insurance questions come up in these files as well.

Bankruptcy, liens and liability claims

Amanda's banking litigation also covers bankruptcy, construction liens and professional liability.

Our guide: Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Toronto

Education & credentials

  • LLB, Dalhousie University (1999)
  • BA, McMaster University (1995)
  • Called to the bar of Ontario (2002)
  • Called to the bar of Nunavut (2018)

Notable cases

  • Vito Auciello v. CIBC Mortgages Inc., et al., SCC docket 39469 (leave from 2020 ONCA 553)

    Amanda Jackson acted for the respondent Home Trust Company. On April 1, 2021 the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario's judgment, with costs.

Decisions where Amanda Jackson appeared as counsel, from public court records. Past cases don't predict future results.

Awards & recognition

Publications & speaking

  • Marriott and Dunn: Practice in Mortgage Remedies in Ontario (lead editor), Marriott and Dunn
  • Practice Gems: Mortgage Enforcement Essentials 2016 (speaker), Law Society of Upper Canada (2016)
  • Air Loans, CAAMP Mortgage Fraud Summit (2013)
  • Managing the Relationship with your Legal Counsel, Credit Institute of Canada National Conference (2011)
  • Power of Sale: Complexities Relating to Multiple Loan Facilities, Law Society of Upper Canada, Six-Minute Real Estate Lawyer (2009)
  • Power of Sale Issues Involving Condominium Liens, Hamilton Law Association, Emerging Issues in Real Estate CLE (2009)
  • Obstacles To Mortgage Enforcement: Fraud And Marijuana Grow Operations, Ontario Bar Association, Mortgage Enforcement CLE (2007)
  • SCC Rules That Failure To Notify Did Not Cause Voidance Of Fire Policy (with Richard Horodyski), The Lawyers Weekly (2005)
  • An Overview Of The Limitations Act, 2002 (with Graeme Mew), Hamilton Lawyer (2003)

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