EMPLOYMENT & Business Litigation
Vanguard Law’s lawyers help employees and business owners deal with serious workplace and business disputes. If you are facing a legal problem involving your job or in your business, we can help you understand your options and decide what to do next.
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For employees
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If you were fired, laid off, or pushed out without fair notice or pay, our wrongful dismissal lawyers can review what happened and help you understand what you may be owed.
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Before you sign anything, we can provide a severance package review to explain whether the offer is fair and whether you may be entitled to more.
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If your workplace has become hostile, unsafe, or unbearable because of major changes, mistreatment, harassment, or pressure to quit, we can help you understand whether you may have a constructive dismissal claim.
For Business Owners
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When companies or individuals are in conflict, we help with corporate-commercial civil litigation, including business partner, shareholder, director and officer disputes, breach of contract, corporate debt recovery, business torts, injunctions, real estate disputes, and director and officer liability.
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If a former employee is demanding more money after a termination, we help businesses with wrongful dismissal defence and practical strategies to manage risk.
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When a workplace complaint, harassment allegation, or misconduct issue arises, we help employers conduct workplace investigations that are careful, fair, and defensible.
Employment & Business litigation lawyers who move first.
Disputes move quickly. The wrong response can cost money, leverage, reputation, and time. Vanguard Law helps Ontario employees and business owners assess risk early, choose a strategy, and pursue practical outcomes through negotiation or litigation when needed.
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“Andre always looks out for his clients and is knowledgeable in employment and litigation law. He is approachable and very understanding of employee and business owner situations. With this understanding, he will find you the best solution.”
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“I had the opportunity to work with Andre and was impressed by his professionalism, integrity, and attention to detail. Beyond his knowledge of the law, Andre is approachable, reliable, and genuinely committed to helping people. I trust him completely and would recommend him without hesitation.”
Our Process
1. BOOK YOUR Free Consultation
Book a free 15-minute video call with Andre Issa, Founding Lawyer. After you book, we will send you a short intake form and a meeting link. Please complete the form before the call so we can learn about your issue, answer your questions, and explain your next steps.
2. REVIEW YOUR PLAN AND HIRE US
After the call, we will email you a short summary, the services we can provide, and the cost. To hire us, you will review and sign a simple agreement that explains the work and fees. You will then make the required payment and send us any added documents we need.
3. WE GET TO WORK
Once the agreement is signed, payment is received, and your documents are complete, we will open your file and begin the work. This may include writing a demand letter, defending a claim, drafting documents, doing legal research, or providing other legal services. We will guide you through each step and keep you updated.
FAQs
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We offer a free 15-minute consultation to understand your situation and see if Vanguard Law may be able to help. You will not be charged for the consult. The consult is meant to review the basic facts, urgency, and possible next steps. It is not a full legal opinion and does not create a lawyer-client relationship. If you decide to hire the firm after the call, legal work is paid. We ask that you book only if you are seriously considering legal representation.
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Every case is different, so there isn’t one exact timeline. If we can settle your dispute through talks, most clients see results in about 4–6 months. If we need to start a lawsuit in an Ontario court, the process can take 12–18 months or longer, depending on court dates and how the other side responds. Once we review the facts, your lawyer will give you a clear, step-by-step timeline and keep you updated in writing at every stage.
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Most cases are billed by the hour, which means you pay for the time we spend working on your matter. Before we start, you usually pay money upfront, called a retainer. The retainer is held for your legal work, and as we work on your case, our time is billed from that money. We will explain our hourly rate and how billing works before you decide to move forward. If the retainer starts to run low, we may ask you to add more money. If there is money left over when the work is finished, it is returned to you. In some cases, a different payment arrangement may be available if it is appropriate for your matter.
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Vanguard Law assists clients with a wide range of workplace, employment, and business disputes across Ontario.
For employees, this includes wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, severance package reviews, workplace harassment, human rights issues, disability benefit disputes, executive compensation, and professional or regulatory matters affecting their career.
For employers, this includes defending wrongful dismissal claims, managing terminations, responding to employee complaints, handling workplace investigations, preparing employment contracts and policies, and resolving workplace disputes before they escalate.
For business owners, shareholders, directors, officers, and companies, this includes corporate-commercial litigation such as shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract claims, debt recovery, injunctions, business torts, real estate disputes, and director or officer liability issues.
Every case is different. If your matter involves your employment, your workplace, your business, or a serious commercial dispute, we can assess your situation and help you understand your options.
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From your first email or phone call, your details are kept strictly confidential. We store all files in secure, encrypted systems, and only the lawyers and staff working on your case can open them. We will never contact anyone about your case. In short, when you hire our firm, your conversations, documents, and strategy stay between you and your lawyer.
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Yes, in limited cases. We help employees and employers with some union-related issues. This may include help with a grievance, a workplace human rights issue, or a Duty of Fair Representation (DFR) claim. We review your case and explain your options in simple terms.
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We proudly serve every corner of Ontario, so no matter where you work, help is only a call or video chat away. We regularly represent clients in the Greater Toronto Area – including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Oakville and Burlington – as well as Hamilton, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and the entire Niagara Region from St. Catharines to Niagara Falls. Clients in Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall, Belleville and the rest of Eastern Ontario rely on us too, and we are just as active across Central and Northern Ontario in cities like Barrie, Orillia, Sudbury, North Bay, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins. Whether you live in Windsor, Sarnia, Chatham, Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Newmarket, Aurora, Collingwood, Owen Sound – or any other Ontario community – we are ready to stand up for your rights and empower them.
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