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Ernest
D. Coetzee, Partner, 1989 Call to the Bar
Ernie
Coetzee heads up the firm’s Labour and Employment
Law Group and has been a partner with the firm since 1994.
Ernie has extensive experience in the following areas
of Labour and Employment law: Sports Law; Collective Bargaining;
Employee Benefit Plan Reviews; Grievance Arbitration;
Interest Arbitration; Ontario Labour Relations Board Applications
and Complaints; Human Rights Commission Hearings; Occupational
Health and Safety Complaints, Appeal and Compliance; Worker’s
Compensation Board Complaints, Appeals and Compliance;
Employment Standards Branch Complaints, Appeals and Compliance;
Pay Equity Complaints, Appeal and Compliance; Preparation
and Negotiation of Employment Contracts; Wrongful Dismissal
Litigation; Staff Evaluations; Performance Reviews;
Staff Terminations; and Judicial Review Applications.
Ernie
has represented clients before the administrative tribunals
involved with the above noted sub-areas of Labour and
Employment Law. He has acted as counsel on numerous
occasions before all levels of the court in Ontario
including the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ernie has also
acted as counsel for several professional athletes,
sports franchise owners and professional player associations.
He is also the past President of the Toronto Roadrunners
Hockey Club of the American Hockey League.
Ernie
attended the University of Western Ontario and received
his B.A. in 1984. Ernie continued his education at the
University of Ottawa and obtained his LL.B. in 1987.
Ernie
is a member of the Sports Lawyers’ Association,
County of York Law Association, Canadian Bar Association
and the Markland Wood Country Club.
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