Areas of Practice

Sivret Légal acts in a wide range of litigation matters, with experience across the following areas:

Civil and Commercial Litigation

  • Representation in a wide range of disputes, including contractual matters, liability claims, and complex commercial conflicts.

  • Strategic case assessment, negotiation, mediation, and courtroom advocacy to protect client interests and seek efficient, enforceable outcomes.

Shareholder and Corporate Disputes

  • Advising and representing shareholders and businesses in internal conflicts, commercial fraud, and high-stakes litigation.

  • Services include derivative actions, breach of fiduciary duty claims, corporate governance counseling, and shareholder agreement enforcement.

Real estate Litigation

  • Handling disputes relating to real estate transactions, hidden defects, leases, property rights, and contractual obligations.

  • Experience with landlord-tenant conflicts, title and boundary disputes, breach of sale agreements, and enforcement of property-related remedies.

Estates & Succession

  • Representation in high-value estate disputes, including challenges to wills, liquidators’ conduct, disputes between beneficiaries/heirs, and related claims.

  • Pursuit of remedies such as will invalidation, accounting and removal of executors or liquidators, and claims for undue influence or lack of capacity.

  • Advising and representing clients in matters involving termination (severance), workplace disputes, discrimination, and employment-related claims.

  • Support through negotiation, tribunal hearings, and litigation to resolve wrongful dismissal, severance and contractual disputes.

Employment & Labour law

Municipal Law

  • Advisory and litigation services in matters involving municipal regulations, urban planning, and penal matters.

  • Representation before municipal bodies, planning tribunals, and courts on zoning, permitting, bylaw challenges, land-use approvals, and enforcement actions.

“The law should be stable, but it should not stand still.”

- Rosalie Abella