Dutton Brock LLP

About Dutton Brock LLP

Dutton Brock LLP is a Toronto insurance litigation firm founded in March 1982 by founding partner W. Graham Dutton, who was called to the Bar in 1962, appointed Queen's Counsel in 1976, and certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada at the inception of that designation. The firm marked its 40th anniversary in 2022 and today works from a single Toronto office, most of the firm's history spent on the defence side of the insurance industry rather than representing individual claimants.

The practice covers a wide range of insurance related litigation, including coverage disputes, statutory accident benefits, motor vehicle and product liability claims, professional liability, construction and municipal litigation, class actions, and appeals, and several lawyers at the firm also act as mediators and arbitrators in insurance matters. Lexpert has ranked Dutton Brock as the most frequently recommended commercial insurance litigation firm in Canada, and the Globe and Mail named it to its Best Law Firms list in 2022, ranking it highly in the insurance category. The firm also describes a tradition of promoting from within, with many of its current partners having started there as articling students.