Practice Area:
Dispute Resolution and Advocacy
Dispute Resolution and Advocacy
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Rebecca Shoom
Dispute Resolution and Advocacy Lawyer
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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Practice Overview
Rebecca Shoom is a partner at Lerners LLP and Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Dispute Resolution and Advocacy Practice Group.
Her practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, appeals, defamation, securities law, employment law, public and administrative law, class actions, and professional regulation. She also advises companies and professional associations on governance and other business matters. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as numerous administrative tribunals and arbitral panels.
Rebecca also offers dispute resolution services as a neutral arbitrator in commercial arbitrations. She holds a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) designation from the ADR Institute of Canada and has been appointed as sole arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes, in both ad hoc and institutionally administered processes. She also has extensive experience as arbitration counsel. She has completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration and regularly writes and speaks on arbitration-related topics. She is available for arbitral appointments in a variety of commercial disputes, including business and contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and employment disputes.
Representative Work
Acts for corporations in a variety of contract disputes, including contracts related to the supply of pharmaceutical and technology products
Acts for lawyers and law firms defending professional negligence allegations
Advises employees in respect of the negotiation of termination packages and other employment-related matters
Acts for municipalities in property assessment appeals before the Assessment Review Board
Acted for an automobile dealership in a NADAP arbitration relating to the termination of its dealer agreement
Acted for the majority shareholder of a closely-held corporation in a condensed arbitration process, successfully obtaining remedies for oppression and punitive damages
Acted for a wealth management firm in employment-related disputes arising out of its hiring of investment advisors, involving such allegations as conspiracy and inducing breach of contract
Represented a minority shareholder of a closely-held corporation in a long-running, arbitrated dispute, involving such issues as shareholder oppression and the exercise of a shotgun clause
Achievements
Best Lawyers in Canada, Ones to Watch, Corporate and Commercial Litigation/Labour and Employment Law
Noteworthy Cases
ID Inc. v Toronto Wholesale Produce Association, 2024 ONCA 948: Acted for the successful respondent government relations firm in an appeal of a trial decision relating to alleged contractual breaches and intentional interference with economic relations in the context of a digital sign conversion
Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v West Face Capital Inc., 2021 ONSC 7957, aff’d 2023 ONCA 381, leave to appeal to SCC ref’d 2024 CanLII 15043 (SCC): Acted for a defendant professional whistleblower and short-seller in a successful anti-SLAPP motion and subsequent appeal, resulting in the dismissal of claims in defamation and conspiracy, among others
Maginnis and Magnaye v FCA Canada et al., 2020 ONSC 6498, aff’d 2021 ONSC 3897 (Div Court), leave to appeal to ONCA ref’d, leave to appeal to SCC ref’d 2023 CanLII 49303 (SCC): Acted for a defendant automobile dealership in successfully resisting certification of a class action related to alleged vehicle “defeat devices,” engaging issues of whether representative plaintiffs are required to provide evidence of compensatory harm at the certification stage
County of Wellington v Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, Region 22, 2021 CanLII 26723 (ON ARB), aff’d 2023 ONSC 591 (Div Ct): Acted for the applicant county in successfully challenging MPAC’s assessment and classification of gravel pit properties before the Assessment Review Board and in the subsequent appeal
Ontario (Attorney General) v Contents of Bank Accounts (in rem), 2021 ONSC 8304: Acted for defendant bank account owners in successfully resisting a forfeiture application under the Civil Remedies Act
Smith v Arsenault-Smith, 2019 ONSC 3600: Acted for the successful respondent in an appeal of an arbitration decision relating to the obligation to make full and honest disclosure in a family law dispute
R v Vice Media Canada Inc., 2018 SCC 53: Acted as intervener on behalf of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in an appeal dealing with the test applicable to the granting of a production order against a journalist in relation to journalist-source communications and the appropriateness of publication bans in a public and notorious case
Leadership Positions and Community Contributions
Chair, Arbitration and Mediation Advocacy Practice Group, The Advocates’ Society (2024-2025); Vice-Chair (2023-2024); Secretary (2022-2023); Member-at-Large (2020-2022)
Director, Women’s Law Association of Ontario (2024 - present)
Roster Lawyer, Ontario Securities Commission Litigation Assistance Program (2018-2023)
Member, Young Advocates’ Standing Committee (YASC), The Advocates’ Society (2020-2022)
Former Director, Epilepsy Canada (2018-2019)
Selected Presentations/Publications
Panelist, “New Ideas, New Arbitrators – The Value Newer Arbitrators Bring to Determining Disputes”, ADRIC National Conference, October 2024
Co-author, “2023 Canadian Commercial Arbitration Case Law: A Year in Review” (with Lisa C. Munro), Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration, October 2023
Co-chair and presenter, “Shareholder Disputes and the Closely-Held Company” program, Osgoode Professional Development, May 2023
Panelist, “Challenges to Arbitrator Appointments – Both Literal and Figurative,” CanArbWeek, October 2022
Co-presenter, “SLAPP Legislation – Recent Developments,” “Defamation Law: Trends and Developments” program, Law Society of Ontario, November 2021
Author, “Courts of Justice Act Chapters, 22. Gag Proceedings, Sections 137.1 - 137.5,” Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, September 2021
Co-presenter, “Affidavits of Documents, Privilege, Confidentiality and E-Discovery Fundamentals,” “Divine Discoveries: Building a Great Case” program, Ontario Bar Association, March 2021
Presenter, “Effective Use of Evidence in Arbitrations,” “Arbitration Advocacy” program, The Advocates’ Society, September 2020
Panelist, “Managing Litigation Files as In House Counsel,” Canadian Corporate Counsel – Ontario Branch, September 2020
Author, “Private and Confidential? Managing Confidentiality in Domestic Commercial Arbitration Appeals and Applications,” ADR Perspectives, September 2020
Co-author, “The Independent Arbitrator: Challenging Arbitrator Independence” (with Earl A. Cherniak), ADR Perspectives, September 2019
Co-author, “A “SLAPP” in the Face to Defamation Plaintiffs,” presented at “Defamation at a Crossroads: Trends and Developments” program, Law Society of Ontario, September 2018
Memberships
The Advocates’ Society
Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society
ADR Institute of Ontario
Toronto Lawyers Association
Ontario Bar Association
Law Society of Ontario
Education
Admitted to Ontario Bar (2015)
Juris Doctor, Queen’s University (2014)
Certificate in Public International Law, Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux, UK (2012)
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology), Queen’s University (2011)
Practice Overview
Practice Overview
Rebecca Shoom is a partner at Lerners LLP and Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Dispute Resolution and Advocacy Practice Group.
Her practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, appeals, defamation, securities law, employment law, public and administrative law, class actions, and professional regulation. She also advises companies and professional associations on governance and other business matters. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as numerous administrative tribunals and arbitral panels.
Rebecca also offers dispute resolution services as a neutral arbitrator in commercial arbitrations. She holds a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) designation from the ADR Institute of Canada and has been appointed as sole arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes, in both ad hoc and institutionally administered processes. She also has extensive experience as arbitration counsel. She has completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration and regularly writes and speaks on arbitration-related topics. She is available for arbitral appointments in a variety of commercial disputes, including business and contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and employment disputes.
Practice Overview
Rebecca Shoom is a partner at Lerners LLP and Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Dispute Resolution and Advocacy Practice Group.
Her practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, appeals, defamation, securities law, employment law, public and administrative law, class actions, and professional regulation. She also advises companies and professional associations on governance and other business matters. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as numerous administrative tribunals and arbitral panels.
Rebecca also offers dispute resolution services as a neutral arbitrator in commercial arbitrations. She holds a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) designation from the ADR Institute of Canada and has been appointed as sole arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes, in both ad hoc and institutionally administered processes. She also has extensive experience as arbitration counsel. She has completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration and regularly writes and speaks on arbitration-related topics. She is available for arbitral appointments in a variety of commercial disputes, including business and contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and employment disputes.
Representative Work
Representative Work
Representative Work
Achievements
Achievements
Achievements
Noteworthy Cases
Noteworthy Cases
Noteworthy Cases
Leadership Positions and Community Contributions
Leadership Positions and Community Contributions
Leadership Positions and Community Contributions
Selected Presentations/Publications
Selected Presentations/Publications
Selected Presentations/Publications
Memberships
Memberships
Memberships
Education
Education
Education
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Copyright © 2025 Lerners LLP. All rights reserved.