Former employment litigation counsel, legal author, mediator and independent workplace investigator.
Experience
A career focused on workplace law.
David Harris has acted as trial and appellate counsel in hundreds of employment, human-rights, occupational health and safety, wrongful-dismissal and workplace disputes.
He is the author of Wrongful Dismissal and other Canadian employment-law publications. His work has been cited in Canadian trial and appellate decisions, including decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada.
That background informs an investigation practice attentive to procedural fairness, clearly defined allegations, documentary evidence, credibility assessment and written reasons.
Litigation
Trial and appellate experience
Authorship
Canadian employment-law authority
Human rights
Discrimination and accommodation
Judgment
Evidence, credibility and fairness
A legally informed investigation
The report may be examined long after the interviews are complete.
David approaches each mandate with an understanding of how workplace evidence and employer decisions may later be tested before a court, tribunal, arbitrator or regulator.