Goldstein Law Firm

About Goldstein Law Firm

Goldstein Law Firm is a small Toronto practice built around a single area of law: expropriation, the process by which government authorities acquire private land for public projects. It's led by Jeff Goldstein, with Peter S. Spiro serving as counsel to the firm. Rather than taking on general litigation or real estate files, Goldstein Law Firm works only on expropriation matters, representing property owners, business owners, and commercial and residential tenants across Ontario whose land or premises are affected by a public taking.

Its case list spans a number of major Greater Toronto Area infrastructure projects, including the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Eglinton Crosstown, the Ontario Line, the Hurontario and Hamilton LRTs, and road widenings on Yonge Street, Speers Road, and Trafalgar Road. The practice covers the range of compensation claims available under Ontario's Expropriations Act, from fair market value and disturbance damages to injurious affection and business loss, along with negotiating directly with expropriating authorities and, where a claim can't be settled, arguing it before the Ontario Land Tribunal. The firm also maintains a series of articles on its website that walk property owners through each stage of the process, from a first notice of intention to expropriate through to a final compensation claim.