Glenn Grenier

Partner
Co-chair Construction

Toronto

Tel :	416.307.4005
Fax :	416.865.7048

Email :	glenn.grenier@mcmillan.ca
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Professional Activities

Partner, since 2006
Previously a partner with another Toronto law firm

Glenn Grenier is a partner in the Toronto office of the firm. Glenn carries on a commercial litigation practice with emphasis on construction law and litigation. He also has significant experience in the areas of aviation law and bankruptcy and insolvency. His exposure to a wide variety of businesses and commercial disputes also allows him to act as counsel and advisor to business and institutional clients.

Construction

Glenn is one of the firm's leading experts on construction law, construction liens and construction litigation. He regularly acts for general contractors, project owners, developers, financiers, surety companies as well as subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, designers and planners. His experience includes dealing with claims for extras, delay and acceleration claims, negligence claims, tender disputes including public and private tendering and issues concerning RFPs, asserting and defending bonding claims as well as trust claims.

His practice also involves drafting construction contracts, contracts for professional services related to construction, tendering documentation, finishing contracts and ongoing advice to clients involved in the construction process, whether or not this also involves a dispute or litigation.

Glenn has acted with respect to construction projects and multi-party litigation throughout Ontario and beyond. Such projects include the Pearson International Airport Expansion Project, the Canadian Opera House, the Greenfield power generation facility in St. Clair, Bio-oil fuel facilities in Guelph, the Ferrero Canada Plant in Brantford, the Holt-Holloway Mine near Timmins, expansion projects at the Ford Assembly Plant in Oakville, the GM Assembly Plant in Oshawa and the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Brampton, GO Transit expansion projects, the Rose Theatre in Brampton, the Courthouse in Brampton, the Vaughan Mills Mall, George Brown College, the Rouge Valley Hospital, Liberty Village, the community of residences at Shaftesbury Avenue, Toronto, the Minaki Lodge in Kenora, several of the Intrawest development projects in Collingwood, the Pacific Mall, the Hospital for Sick Children, the York-Trillium Project, the Gallery Project and the Waterloo City Centre. He has also been involved in a wide range of disputes concerning the construction of schools and long-term care facilities throughout the province. Although based in Toronto, his practice has involved projects from Windsor to Ottawa and from Kenora to Timmins. He has been retained by both extra-provincial and international clients involved in construction projects and/or disputes throughout Canada.

Glenn is a member of the Executive of the Construction Law Section, Ontario Bar Association. He has chaired and taught seminars and courses on construction claims and the Construction Lien Act of Ontario.

Aviation
As a commercial litigator, licensed pilot and aircraft owner, Glenn has been consulted and retained on a wide range of aviation-related matters, large and small. He has acted or been consulted by passengers, pilots and aircraft owners involved in aircraft accidents internationally and across the country including accidents in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories as well as Ontario. His mandate has included recovery of damages for wrongful death and injury of passengers and recovery of workers' compensation for injured pilots.

Glenn was one of the lead lawyers of the two-firm team appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as Class Counsel on behalf of the passengers of Air Transat Flight 236 following the emergency landing of that flight in the Azores in August 2001. That effort led to the $7,650,000 court approved settlement secured on behalf of 175 passengers. Glenn was also retained and acted for a passenger and family with respect to a claim arising from the crash of Air France 358 at Pearson International Airport.

Glenn has acted in many commercial disputes involving aircraft, hangar and airports. His knowledge of aviation, aircraft and the aviation community provides a unique and immediate advantage that greatly assists his clients involved in aviation related matters, disputes and litigation. Among other matters, Glenn was extensively involved in an action by an international aircraft leasing company with respect to a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Boeing, Bahamasair and others concerning the lease of nine Dash 8-300 aircraft. Glenn also acted for creditors with respect to the insolvency of Air Canada and Canada 3000 Airlines Limited and Royal Aviation Inc.

Glenn is currently general counsel for aviation to the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA), a national association with over 18,000 members engaged in the promotion and advancement of general aviation in Canada. He was also a past elected Director (2002-2006) of COPA representing Southern Ontario. Glenn has taught aviation law at the University of Western Ontario as part of the Aubrey Dan Program in Management Studies. He is the editor of the Aviation chapter in O'Brien's Commercial Forms. Until recently donated to the Canadian Aviation Museum, Glenn was the owner and operator of a 1948 Funk B85-C aircraft based at the Burlington Airpark.

Commercial Litigation
Glenn has acted in a wide range of commercial litigation matters including real estate and development disputes, commercial tenancy litigation, shareholder disputes, franchise litigation, collection enforcement and defence, repair and storage liens and other commercial disputes.

Glenn has also acted extensively in the bankruptcy and insolvency matters including debt recovery and security enforcement, receiverships, CCAA proceedings, proposals and bankruptcy discharges. He has acted for both debtors and creditors, including secured and unsecured parties. He is a past executive member of the Insolvency Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association and has published a number of papers on the topic.

Memberships

Ontario Bar Association
Member At Large, Construction Law Section Past member of the Executive, Insolvency Law Section
Canadian Bar Association
Toronto Lawyers Association
Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (Current Legal Counsel, Member and Past Director)
Toronto Construction Association

Special Recognition

Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 as a leader in Construction Law

Representative Transactions

Glenn Grenier's reported cases in construction, aviation and general commercial litigation include:

Parkland Plumbing & Heating Ltd. V. Minaki Lodge Resort 2002 Inc. (2009), 305 D.L.R. (4th) 577, 78 C.L.R. (3d) 1, 77 R.P.R (4th) 159, 2009 ONCA 256, [2009] O. J. No. 1195, 2009 CarswellOnt 1522 (Ont. C.A.).
Nunes v. Air Transat A.T. Inc. (2005), 20 C.P.C. (6th) 93, [2005] O.J. No. 2527, 2005 CarswellOnt 2503, 140 A.C.W.S. (3d) 25 (Ont. S.C.J.).
Celebrity Flooring Systems Ltd. v. One Shaftesbury Community Assn. (2003), 25 C.L.R. (3d) 279 (Ont. Master)
Levitan v. Sacks [2000] O.J. No. 2943 (Master)
Bradscot (MCL) Ltd. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (1999), 116 O.A.C. 257, 44 C.L.R. (2d)1, 42 O.R. (3d) 723 (C.A.)
Chiu, et al v. Pacific Mall Developments Inc., et al (1998), 19 R.P.R. (3d) 236, 24 C.P.C. (4th) 67 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Wabco Standard Trane Inc. v. Inter Wide Mechanical & Contracting Ltd., 1998 CarswellOnt 1831 (Master)
Venture Realty Corp. v. Mod-Aire Homes Limited, et al (1997), 25 OTC 272 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Walker v. Posluns, [1997] O.J. No. 5108 (Master)
Crompton v. Norman Hill Realty Inc. (1995), 50 R.P.R. (2d) 42, 50 R.P.R. 54 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Seajenac Holdings Inc. v. Metro/Commercial Equities (Yonge/Farnham (Ltd. Partnership), [1993] O.J. No. 2875, 1993 CarswellOnt 2725 (Gen. Div.)
Re: Ontario Metal Importers Ltd. (1992), 15 CBR (3d) 8 (Registrar)
Greenwin Construction Co. v. Los Rios Foods Inc., [1992] O.J. No. 803; 1992 CarswellOnt 2820 (Gen. Div.)
Varco v. Sterling and Dean Witter Reynolds (Canada) Inc. (1992), 7 O.R. (3d) 204 (Gen. Div.)
Mediplex Corp v. Keeton, [1991] O.J. No. 2201 (Gen. Div.)
Rotman v. Spylo, 1991 CarswellOnt 2107 (Gen. Div.)

Media Mentions

Glenn is regularly quoted in Canadian media outlets, particularly concerning his aviation-rela ted litigation. The National Post and other print and radio outlets interviewed him concerning the Air France 358 crash and ensuing litigation. Mr. Grenier was frequently approached by the Canadian Press concerning the class action on behalf of Air Transat Flight 236 passengers. He also was interviewed by the producers of the "Mayday" series of documentaries and was a consultant with respect to the production of one such documentary concerning the events aboard Air Transat Flight 236.

The Toronto Star interviewed Glenn in its November 1998 article, "Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act," while in March of that year he was interviewed on CJAD's live radio phone-in show concerning "Recent Trends in Canadian Bankruptcy Law."

The Globe and Mail interviewed Glenn for its December 1995 story concerning his successful prosecution of Crompton v. Norman Hill Realty, which interview resulted in an article entitled "Real Estate Agent Wins Legal Battle Over Commissions."

publications and presentations

Glenn is the author of treatises, articles and papers on various topics in construction and aviation law and commercial litigation, including the following:


March 02, 2012 A Landmark of a Case? Landmark II Speaker, Hot Topics in Construction Law, Ontario Bar Association Canadian Institute of Continuing Legal Education

January 2012 Managing the Legal Aspects of Construction Financing Co-Chair, Construction Financing Conference

January 2012 to April 2012 MOS 3306 - Aviation Law Course Instructor, University of Western Ontario, Aubrey Dan Program in Management and Organizational Studies

December 2011 Fundamentals of Construction Law Speaker, Construction Superconference

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