Larry has practised with the firm since 1997 as a litigator in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate law and employment law including: commercial landlord and tenant litigation, leasing disputes, real estate and mortgage litigation, banking recovery litigation, title insurance litigation, bankruptcy, receivership and insolvency, wrongful dismissal and employment law, oppression remedy and shareholder disputes, franchise disputes, construction lien litigation, injunctions, estate litigation, partnership litigation, commercial contract disputes and collections.
Larry completed his honour arts degree in Psychology and Sociology at Brandon University in Manitoba and his law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. After articling at the firm in 1995/1996, Larry was called to the Bar in 1997 and admitted as a partner in the firm in 2003.
For more than a decade, Larry has been the Managing Partner of the firm.
Larry’s clients include a broad range of individuals, corporations and institutions including: major banks, lenders, title insurers, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, shareholders, employers, employees, commercial landlords, commercial tenants, property managers, insurers and others.
He has significant courtroom experience, having appeared before the Small Claims Court of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court of Canada, the Divisional Court in Ontario and the Ontario Court of Appeal on numerous motions, applications, trials and appeals. Larry has also appeared before many tribunals including: the Financial Services Commission, the Work Place Safety and Insurance Tribunal and the Ontario Labour Relations Board. He also has participated in many alternative dispute forums including: arbitrations and mediations.
Our law firm is conveniently located at Lawrence and Don Mills and we offer free parking. For further information or assistance with a legal matter please contact Toronto lawyer and litigator Larry Keown.
Publications
Many of Larry's cases have been subsequently reported by the online legal reporting services, and Carswell Practice Cases:
Insurance; Civil Practice and ProcedureConflict of laws --- General principles - Substantive versus procedural law. Insurance --- No-fault automobile insurance - Threshold issues - General.
Corporate and CommercialCorporations --- Winding-up - Under provincial Acts - By order of court - Under relief from oppression remedy. Corporations --- Shareholders - Shareholders' remedies - Relief from oppression - Orders for relief - General.
InsolvencyBankruptcy --- Avoidance of transactions prior to bankruptcy - Fraudulent preferences - View to prefer - Intention other than to prefer - Intention to remain in business
Insurance; Civil Practice and ProcedureInsurance --- Actions on policies - Practice and procedure - Summary judgment Practice --- Trials - Simplified procedure - Summary judgment
Civil Practice and Procedure; Family; Property; Estates and TrustsCivil practice and procedure --- Judgments and orders - Amending or varying - Who may vary or amend Family law --- Family property on marriage breakdown - Determination of ownership of property - Application of trust principles - Resulting and constructive trusts - Matrimonial homes.
Civil Practice and Procedure; Family; Property; Estates and TrustsCivil practice and procedure --- Judgments and orders - Amending or varying - Who may vary or amend Family law --- Family property on marriage breakdown - Determination of ownership of property - Application of trust principles - Resulting and constructive trusts - Matrimonial homes
Corporate and Commercial ; Civil Practice and Procedure Practice --- Summary judgment - Requirement to show...
Property; Corporate and Commercial; Civil Practice and ProcedureReal property --- Mortgages - Priorities - Between types of creditors - Registered mortgagees - Effect of postponement agreement Civil practice and procedure --- Judgments and orders - Amending or varying - Consent orders.
Property; Corporate and Commercial; Civil Practice and Procedure; ContractsReal property --- Mortgages - Priorities - Between types of creditors - Registered mortgagees - Effect of postponement agreement Civil practice and procedure --- Judgments and orders - Amending or varying - Consent orders
Property; Contracts; Estates and TrustsReal property --- Interests in real property - Co-ownership - Creation and incidents - Tenancy in common. Real property --- Sale of land - Option contracts - Exercise of option - Right of first refusal.
Estates and Trusts and trustees --- Nature of trustee's office - Removal of trustee Trusts and trustees --- Powers and duties of trustees - Duties Estates --- Legacies and devises - Vested or contingent gifts - Nature of interest - Contingent interests (conditions precedent)
Corporate and Commercial; Civil Practice and ProcedurePractice --- Summary judgment - Requirement to show no triable issue Banking and banks --- Loans and discounts - General
At Devry Smith Frank LLP’s Human Resource Seminar, Toronto employment lawyer Larry Keown covers topics related to for cause terminations, which is one of the most interesting and befuddling areas of the law according to Keown. There are many pitfalls and is something that should be taken seriously.
Cause is conduct by an employee, which effectively amounts to termination or remediation of the employment contract and it will entitle an employer to end the contract with no reasonable notice or obligations. What constitutes cause is determined by numerous factors such as insubordination, continuous absenteeism and incompetence. Unfortunately, ramifications for getting cause wrong, is severe.
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