From precedent-setting class action defence to defamation law and commercial litigation, Sarah brings broad experience and skilled advocacy to her work with clients on all aspects of their disputes.

Sarah is the practice group leader for Torys’ litigation department. Sarah maintains an active disputes practice with an emphasis on class action defence, commercial litigation, and employment law.

Sarah advises clients in numerous class actions, including employment claims, product liability, competition law, mass tort and negligence disputes. She regularly represents clients in the banking, retail, and technology sectors, including acting as counsel in several leading and precedent-setting national class actions, acting for Uber Technologies Inc., the Canadian Hockey League, Canada Cartage and Deloitte, as well as a Canadian Schedule I bank in its defence to the first common issues trial to proceed on the merits in an employment class action in Canada. She also advises corporations in all stages of disputes, including complex governance disputes, shareholder arrangements, breach of contract claims, and transaction disputes.

Sarah also has a robust defamation practice regularly representing media companies, authors, and individuals in various defamation matters.

She has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Québec, as well as in various administrative tribunals in Ontario (including the Human Rights Tribunal), the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.