Law Works

About Law Works

Law Works is a small dispute resolution firm that concentrates on franchise, commercial, and real estate disputes. Ben Hanuka founded the firm in Toronto in 2012, after starting to practise law in the city in 1998 and building a franchise litigation practice first at a mid-size firm and then at a small commercial litigation firm. Ontario had no franchise-specific legislation when Hanuka got into the field, so the early work grew out of franchise agreements and common law rather than a statute.

The firm added a Vancouver office in 2017, after British Columbia passed its own franchise legislation, and a Calgary office in 2024. Toronto remains the firm's base, with Vancouver and Calgary run as satellite offices. Law Works represents franchisors, franchisees, businesses, and investors in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and it also drafts and reviews franchise disclosure documents. Hanuka is a Law Society of Ontario Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and acts as a franchise arbitrator and mediator in all three provinces. Associate Anthony Pugh, called to the Ontario bar in 2018, works alongside Hanuka on the firm's franchise and commercial files.