Former Canadian employment lawyer; now an author, mediator and workplace investigator. Occasional hockey historian. Daily swimmer. Gardener. Still revising.
A personal home for the serious work—and the things that make life considerably more interesting.
David practised employment law in Toronto for many years, first as principal of Harris & Partners and later as a sole practitioner. He argued leading employment cases at the trial and appellate levels before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
He now works full time as a workplace investigator, employment law mediator and author, continually updating his employment law texts and online research resources. Beyond that work, he remains devoted to hockey, swimming, gardening and other necessary pursuits.
A continuously updated legal library covering dismissal, contracts, human rights, disability, investigations and damages.
Independent mediation of employment law and workplace human rights disputes.
Fair, thorough and legally informed investigation of workplace complaints.
Decades of writing and editorial work in Canadian employment law.
Hockey coach. Ski instructor. Avid gardener. Daily swimmer. Long-suffering observer of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The personal projects range from the history of the Stanley Cup to proposed repairs for the NHL rulebook—and, inevitably, a chronicle of the horrors of cheering for Toronto.
The pieces that refuse to remain in one category: Canadian oddities, literary excursions, consequential cases and facts that are simply too good to ignore.
Beer bets, geographical surprises and useful facts most Americans—and many Canadians—will never know.
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”
History’s peculiar details, contradictions and uncomfortable turns.
The Welsh poet, his best-known work and the story surrounding a poem that has outlived him.
Reported trial and appellate decisions argued during David’s years as Toronto employment counsel.
A landmark $200,000 compensatory award from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
Should a taxi company be held strictly liable for an assault committed by its driver in the absence of negligence?
Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature. David appears at approximately 7:15.
Brief appearances at 0:18, 1:36 and 2:36. Fame can be fleeting.
A promotional credit from another corner of the archives.
Personal observations, historical detours and subjects that resist fitting neatly into the professional sites.