Scher Law Professional Corporation
3 lawyers · City of Toronto, City of Ottawa
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 478 handling Employment & Labour Law.
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Scher Law Professional Corporation is a law firm dedicated to the practice of civil litigation, based in downtown Toronto, at Yonge and Bloor. Hugh Scher founded the firm and has practiced for more than 25 years, concentrating on employment and labour law, human rights, and disability insurance litigation. Scher has appeared at all levels of court and tribunal across Canada, including multiple appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada, in cases such as Keays v. Honda on damages for bad faith dismissal, Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on consent to withdraw life support, and Carter v. Canada on assisted dying. The firm also takes on personal injury, CPP disability, health law, administrative law, education law, professional discipline, constitutional law, complex family and estate litigation, privacy and data breach, and class action files, and represents both employees and employers in unionized and non-unionized workplaces.
Jeffery Childs, a senior litigation solicitor and research lawyer with degrees from Queen's University and Osgoode Hall Law School, has more than 20 years of experience and has prepared factums relied on at every level of court up to the Supreme Court of Canada. Jennifer Norman, a senior associate, brings more than 20 years in employment, labour, human rights, and administrative law, including prior work in the public service. Alongside the Toronto office, the firm keeps a by appointment location in Ottawa for matters in the National Capital Region.
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Milestones & recognition
- Hugh Scher, the firm's founder, served six years as Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, directing interventions in 15 cases before the Supreme Court of Canada and appellate courts.
- Scher is a Past-President of the Board of Directors of ARCH, a legal resource centre for persons with disabilities.
- Scher has chaired the Labour and Employment Law section of the Ontario Bar Association for multiple years.
- The firm's cases page notes Scher's involvement in Keays v. Honda, a 2008 Supreme Court of Canada decision that reset the framework courts use to assess damages in bad faith dismissal cases, including a trial award of $500,000 in punitive damages.
In the community
- Lawyers at the firm have lectured on employment, civil, and constitutional law at the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the University of Toronto.
- The firm participates in government consultations on social policy and disability rights.
- The firm publishes legal commentary on its site, including a 2016 piece revisiting Honda v. Keays a decade after the Supreme Court's ruling and pieces aimed at helping paralegals and HR professionals understand duty to accommodate obligations.
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The neighbourhood
The Toronto office is on the 18th floor of Two Bloor West, the 34 storey office tower at Yonge and Bloor that has anchored that corner since it was completed in 1972. The building has direct underground access to Bloor-Yonge station, one of the busiest interchanges on the TTC subway network, a useful base for a litigation practice that regularly appears before courts and tribunals across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. For matters in the National Capital Region, the firm also keeps a by appointment office at 1 Rideau Street, a serviced office space inside the Fairmont Chateau Laurier a few blocks from Parliament Hill.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Scher Law handle long term disability and CPP disability claims?
- Yes. The firm handles disability, life, and critical illness insurance disputes, including claims that were denied outright or benefits that were cut off after an initial approval, and it works to evaluate the medical evidence behind a claim before dealing with an insurer or the government.
- Can Scher Law help if I think I was wrongfully dismissed?
- Yes. Employment and labour law is one of the firm's core areas, and it represents both employees and employers in unionized and non-unionized workplaces in disputes over termination and related issues.
- Does the firm take cases all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada?
- Its lawyers have appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada multiple times, in cases touching on wrongful dismissal damages, end of life consent, and constitutional issues, along with matters before the Ontario Court of Appeal and other appellate courts.
- Does Scher Law represent people with chronic pain or fibromyalgia in a disability or human rights claim?
- The firm's own description of its practice highlights experience with claims involving conditions such as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression in the disability and employment context.
- Where are Scher Law's offices?
- The main office is at 2 Bloor Street West in Toronto. The firm also keeps a by appointment office at 1 Rideau Street in Ottawa for clients in the National Capital Region.
- Can Scher Law help with a human rights complaint?
- Human rights law is one of the firm's stated practice areas, alongside related administrative law and professional discipline matters.
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