Millard & Company is pleased to announce that Angela Chaisson has joined the firm. Angela is a fearless litigator whose practice focuses on sexual assault, harassment, and revenge pornography in employment, civil and criminal contexts. She has been counsel in some of Toronto’s highest-profile cases including litigation involving various politicians, political parties, and media personalities. […]
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce the arrival of Millard & Company, a boutique, Toronto-based litigation firm, specializing in employment and human rights law. Our partners, Ben Millard and Carol Street, have worked together for over a dozen years, and have been partners since 2011. Marcus McCann joined us in 2015, and we have spent the […]
Over the course of 10 hearing days, our lawyers Mika Imai and Marcus McCann argued a landmark case at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario – that the Ontario government’s decision to retreat to the 1998 sex-ed curriculum was discriminatory and contrary to the Human Rights Code. Our firm was supported by three interveners – […]
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) seeks to make Ontario accessible for persons with disabilities by 2025. The Act focuses on various private and public spaces, including in employment, customer service and transportation. While it’s been more than 10 years since the law first came into force, many workplaces still aren’t compliant. […]
The Ontario government has announced plans to retreat to the sex-ed curriculum developed in 1998. Our firm is challenging this decision at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario arguing, on behalf of an 11-year-old trans student, that the policy is discriminatory and will cause significant harm to LGBTQ2+ students. See below for coverage of the […]
Mika’s former client, Joshua Ferguson, is making a documentary about their fight for recognition of their non-binary gender on government documentation. You can find Joshua’s trailer here: From Turbid Lake Pictures on Vimeo.
Recreational marijuana is expected to be legal in Canada as of October 17, 2018. In preparation for this landmark change, we wanted to give employers and employees a heads up on what it might mean for them. At the outset, it’s important to keep in mind that marijuana being legal doesn’t mean that employees suddenly […]
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