Lawyer Profile
Brian Chung
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Brian is a confident and strategic litigator who serves clients of all sizes, across a number of industries. As a strong communicator, he develops a deep understanding of his clients’ needs to ensure all of his work is directly relevant to advancing his clients’ business objectives.
Brian is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. He frequently represents clients involved in disputes relating to real estate, municipal, construction and quasi-criminal regulatory matters. His experience includes matters relating to contractual disputes, commercial arbitrations, class actions, provincial offences (both as defence counsel and as prosecutor), economic torts, oppression remedies, shareholder disputes, defamation, regulatory proceedings, injunctions and appeals. Brian has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, including the Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court, the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice.
Brian volunteers as Duty Counsel with Pro Bono Ontario, acting for unrepresented litigants in the Superior Court. He also serves as Chair of the Aird & Berlis Student Recruitment Committee, mentoring and providing support for summer and articling students.
Represented OEF Village Green Nominee Inc. in a successful Ontario Superior Court application reaffirming the certainty of title afforded under Ontario’s land titles system and confirming the limited scope of a registered easement.
Successfully obtained an Order to demolish portions of an above-grade structure that was constructed without the benefit of a building permit. The Order was issued by Justice Casullo of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice pursuant to section 38 of the Building Code Act, 1992, and obtained on behalf of Town of Ajax and its Chief Building Official.
Successfully secured a five-year lease agreement for the Revue Film Society, settling pending litigation with its landlord.
Successfully obtained an interim injunction order for the Revue Film Society, preventing its landlord from evicting or otherwise interfering with its operation of the historic Revue Cinema in the Toronto neighbourhood of Roncesvalles.
Obtained a Certificate of Pending Litigation in an action involving the breach of an oral agreement: George v. Mathew, 2024 ONSC 745.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2014 (ON)