Date: May 25, 2016
Jeremy Martin
jmartin@casselsbrock.com
t: 416 860 2929
f: 416 640 3188
Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
M5H 3C2
Jeremy Martin is an associate in the Litigation Group. He practises commercial litigation and dispute resolution
with a focus on class proceedings. Jeremy has particular experience working with clients in the areas of
product liability, commercial disputes and electoral law, and has appeared as lead counsel before provincial,
superior and appellate courts.
Jeremy is a co-author of the Annual Survey of Civil Procedure in Watson & McGowan’s Ontario Civil Practice
and the author of a leading article on waiver of tort. He publishes primarily in the areas of class proceedings,
civil procedure and legal history.
Jeremy graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2011. While attending law school, he was
awarded the Osgoode Society prize for his contributions to the field of Anglo-Canadian legal history and
received top standing in Litigation and Dispute Resolution. He was appointed Senior Editor of Private Law at
the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, and represented the Faculty in the Laskin national
constitutional moot.
Jeremy’s professional philosophy is that litigation is only a kit of tools, some of which may be used in a broader
approach to extinguishing disputes. Despite his successes in the courtroom, he considers his best work to
have been done on cases that were never filed, argued or covered in the press.
Representative Cases:
McEwing v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 FC 525 (the ‘Robocalls case’): Successfully defended seven
Members of Parliament in a contested election proceeding.
Burk Steel, Inc. v. Steelcon Group Ltd., 2015 ONSC 2637 (Div. Ct.): Secured and personally executed a
search and seizure order against a non-compliant judgment debtor, successfully defending the order on
appeal.
Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. v. Jarvis et al., 2014 ONSC 1107: Secured a Mareva (asset-freezing)
injunction despite full notice to the defendants in a complex corporate misappropriation case.
Anderson v. Canada (Attorney General), Case file no. 2007 01T4955 CP et al. (Nfld. T.D.): Secured an
unconditional discontinuance of Newfoundland’s third-party claim against a religious order in a $500 million
residential schools class proceeding.
Sterling Tile & Carpet v. Sierra Building Group et al., Case file no. SC-12-92836-0000: Obtained judgment
in full after a three-day trial in respect of a residential development dispute.
Jet Express 1979 Ltd. v. Pawlick et al., Case file no. SC-13-21878-00: Successfully stayed six related
claims totalling in excess of $100,000 prior to filing a defence.
Publications:
J.M. Martin, “Waiver of Tort: An Historical and Practical Survey” (2012) 52:3 C.B.L.J. 473 (Special
Supplement).
J. Phillips and J.M. Martin, “Manitoba Fisheries v. The Queen: The Origins of Canada’s De Facto
Expropriation Doctrine”, in Tucker et al., eds., Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context (Toronto: Irwin
Law, 2012) at 259.
G.M. Zakaib and J.M. Martin, “International Class Actions in the Canadian Context: Standing, Funding,
Enforceability and Trial”, (2012) 79 Def. Counsel J. 296.
J.M. Martin, “Sui Generis: Common Law Solutions to Constitutional Problems in Multijurisdictional Class
Proceedings”, 69 U.T. Fac. L. Rev. 1.
G.M. Zakaib and J.M. Martin, “Recent Developments in Product Liability Class Proceedings”, 2010 OBA
Class Action Colloquium (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association).
Call to the bar
Ontario, 2012
Associations
American Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Expertise
Class Actions
Litigation
Product Liability