Lynne Margaret McArdle

Lynne * has extensive experience in various areas of the law including class actions, public law and commercial litigation. As a result of her many years of practice, both in the public and private sectors, she can navigate § complex legal challenges in a variety of contexts. Lynne expertly uses her understanding of the law ‡ to help clients assess their legal problems and determine the best strategy for pursuing a solution. .

Lynne’s practice is focused on legal research, written advocacy, and advice. She uses her thorough understanding of the law to help our clients analyze their complex legal problems and execute the best litigation strategy.

Prior to joining Lenczner Slaght and after starting her career practicing litigation at a large full-service firm, Lynne spent 20+ years practicing litigation for the provincial Crown.

During her career, Lynne has acted for clients in a wide variety of proceedings including oppression and dissent claims, commercial disputes, various class actions and injunctions , an aggregate claim for the recovery of health care costs caused by smoking, judicial reviews, and the defence of Crown attorneys and police officers. Lynne has appeared at all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Counsel to the intervener, the Ontario Superior Court Judges’ Association, in an application at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The accused respondent sought an order allowing him to communicate with the trial judge about why reasons for judgment were not issued. We successfully resisted this application.

Counsel to the Warner Bros. Discovery entities in responding to Bell Media’s application for a permanent injunction in a media licensing dispute involving television content rights and distribution to Rogers Communications Inc.