Does Monkhouse Law represent employers or employees?

Monkhouse Law represents employees and independent contractors only. It doesn't do employer-side work, so its lawyers are never on the other side of the table from the people they represent.

I think I was wrongfully dismissed from my job in Toronto. Can Monkhouse Law help?

Yes. Wrongful dismissal and severance are core parts of the practice, and the firm offers a complimentary first consultation with a lawyer or paralegal before deciding whether your case needs a deeper, paid review.

I work as an independent contractor, not an employee. Does that matter?

Not necessarily. Monkhouse Law also represents independent and dependent contractors, since what matters legally is the real nature of the work relationship rather than just the label written on the contract.

How does Monkhouse Law charge for its services?

The firm starts with a complimentary consultation. If a matter needs a closer look, that becomes a paid case review for $400 plus HST, and most files then continue on contingency, so you don't owe further legal fees unless the firm improves your result.

Where is Monkhouse Law located and how big is the firm?

The office is at 220 Bay Street in downtown Toronto, and the firm has grown to about 19 employment lawyers since Andrew Monkhouse founded it in 2013.

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About Monkhouse Law

One of the highest-rated law firms in Toronto, going by its Google reviews.

Monkhouse Law is an employment law firm in downtown Toronto, founded in 2013 by Andrew Monkhouse. It represents only employees and independent contractors, never employers, and its roughly 19 lawyers handle wrongful dismissal, severance negotiations, workplace harassment, human rights complaints, and long-term disability claims through negotiation, mediation, and litigation across Ontario and other parts of Canada.

The firm has also built a class action practice on the employee side, representing workers in certified cases over underpaid vacation and holiday pay and over worker misclassification, including reported decisions involving Bank of Montreal and RBC Insurance. Its office sits at 220 Bay Street, on the street that gives Toronto's financial district its name and that, within the legal profession, doubles as shorthand for the city's big business law firms; Monkhouse Law works from inside that same corridor, just on the employee's side of the table.

Practice areas

Employment & Labour Law

Personal Injury

Insurance Law

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Milestones & recognition

Monkhouse Law was founded in 2013 by Andrew Monkhouse.
Andrew Monkhouse was the founding president of the Employment Lawyers Association of Ontario and later served as Past Chair of the labour and employment law sections of the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association.
Andrew Monkhouse is the lead author of the LexisNexis Canada text Canadian Forms and Precedents: Commercial Transactions, Employment.
The Toronto Star gave Monkhouse Law its Reader's Choice Gold Award for best law firm in 2019.
The Globe and Mail named Monkhouse Law a top growing law firm in Canada in 2019 and 2020, and the Financial Times ranked it among the top growing companies in North America in 2020.

In the community

Andrew Monkhouse serves as vice president and a director of the South Rosedale Residents Association, a Toronto neighbourhood association.
Andrew Monkhouse, a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, teaches there as an adjunct professor and received the school's 2025 Alumni Gold Key Distinction.
Andrew Monkhouse convenes the Osgoode Cup, a law student advocacy competition at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible A laptop showing a video call

Virtual appointments A calendar with a checkmark beside a clock

By appointment An office interior with a desk and chairs

In-person services

Fees & payment

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Free consultation

Lawyers 19

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar: 2023–2025 · median 2 years in practice 3 of 19 lawyers
Law schools: University of Windsor (9), Osgoode Hall Law School (5), University of Ottawa (2), Lincoln Alexander School of Law, University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto 19 of 19 lawyers
Languages on the roster: Bengali, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Korean, Punjabi, Romanian, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu

Who handles what

The neighbourhood

Monkhouse Law's office is on Bay Street in downtown Toronto, in a stretch that has long served as shorthand for the country's financial industry: Bay Street is the centre of Toronto's Financial District, and within the legal profession the name is also used to describe the city's large business law firms. The firm's building at 220 Bay Street is a high-rise office tower completed in 1995, in what is catalogued as the Yonge-Bay corridor of downtown Toronto, with no heritage designation attached to it. For a firm that represents only employees and contractors in disputes with employers, sitting inside that same downtown corridor, alongside many of the corporate offices its clients work for, is a fitting address even though the firm itself sits on the opposite side of the table.

Frequently asked questions

Does Monkhouse Law represent employers or employees?: Monkhouse Law represents employees and independent contractors only. It doesn't do employer-side work, so its lawyers are never on the other side of the table from the people they represent.
I think I was wrongfully dismissed from my job in Toronto. Can Monkhouse Law help?: Yes. Wrongful dismissal and severance are core parts of the practice, and the firm offers a complimentary first consultation with a lawyer or paralegal before deciding whether your case needs a deeper, paid review.
I work as an independent contractor, not an employee. Does that matter?: Not necessarily. Monkhouse Law also represents independent and dependent contractors, since what matters legally is the real nature of the work relationship rather than just the label written on the contract.
Has Monkhouse Law been involved in any employment class actions?: Yes. The firm has represented employees in certified class actions over underpaid vacation and holiday pay and over worker misclassification, including reported decisions involving Bank of Montreal and RBC Insurance.
How does Monkhouse Law charge for its services?: The firm starts with a complimentary consultation. If a matter needs a closer look, that becomes a paid case review for $400 plus HST, and most files then continue on contingency, so you don't owe further legal fees unless the firm improves your result.
Where is Monkhouse Law located and how big is the firm?: The office is at 220 Bay Street in downtown Toronto, and the firm has grown to about 19 employment lawyers since Andrew Monkhouse founded it in 2013.

Where to find them

220 Bay Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2W4 · 416-907-9249

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