About Spencer Roberts

Spencer Roberts handles real property and corporate/commercial work in Unified LLP's Property and Commerce department, on the litigation side as well as the transactional one. Roberts serves clients out of both the Toronto and Waterloo Region offices. The property files run from expropriation, land use planning and municipal law to construction, commercial leases, and crane swing and tieback agreements.

Roberts has appeared on municipal and commercial matters at the Ontario Land Tribunal, the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice. One tribunal file was 1000142489 Ontario Inc. v. Brampton (City), a 2024 appeal in which Roberts acted as counsel and the tribunal allowed a severance and minor variances for a Brampton development. Business clients come to the practice for contract and shareholder disputes as well as for deals of various kinds.

Roberts articled in Markham at a firm focused on real estate, business, and wills and estates, then joined Unified. The academic path started at the University of Windsor, with a B.A. (Hons.) and an M.A., and finished with a J.D. cum laude from the University of Ottawa. Before law school, Roberts was a co-author of a peer reviewed paper on how ethnic origins shape retirement inequality. It's a practice that aims to be pragmatic and thorough, whether the task is due diligence, solving a problem or managing a conflict.

Practice areas

Real Estate Law

Expropriation compensation

Roberts acts for businesses and landowners seeking compensation after an expropriation, through claims at the Ontario Land Tribunal, mediation and negotiation.

Land use planning and municipal matters

The planning work covers official plan and zoning by-law amendments, minor variances, severances and site plan approvals, along with appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Roberts also advises and advocates on land development, including crane swing and tieback agreements, and defends serious Planning Act and Municipal Act offences tied to municipal by-laws and orders halting site activity.

Commercial and construction litigation

On the dispute side, Roberts takes on contract fights, failed transactions and shareholder remedies, as well as construction projects, contracts and liens and the litigation that grows out of them.

Real estate and business transactions

Transactional files include buying and selling commercial, industrial and development properties, land severances and consents, commercial leasing, and share and asset deals across a range of industries.

Education & credentials

  • J.D. (Cum Laude), University of Ottawa
  • M.A., University of Windsor
  • B.A. (Hons.), University of Windsor

Publications & speaking

  • Retirement Inequalities: The Importance of Ethnic Origins, Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Journal

Memberships & affiliations

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