Robert Cosman has a broad litigation counsel practice in all aspects of commercial, public and administrative law. He has appeared as counsel at trial and appellate levels in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, Trial and Appeal Divisions, and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has practised before federal and provincial administrative tribunals and commissions of inquiry, and is counsel in domestic and international commercial arbitration. Robert is certified as a specialist in civil litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Experience
Robert has litigated over 250 cases in the courts and before public tribunals and boards of arbitration in many areas of law. This includes commercial contract, constitutional law, professional and regulatory issues, franchise and dealership agreements, environmental proceedings, intellectual property and technology disputes, injunctions, judicial review of government decisions, class actions, product liability, employment and human rights, charities and trust law, and the adjudicative tribunals of regulatory health colleges. Robert successfully represented a number of international mining companies in the Federal Court in one of Canada's largest aboriginal rights cases. Robert regularly assists clients on cross-border litigation disputes.
Robert has been a guest lecturer and panellist on litigation and arbitration issues, and on advocacy and dispute resolution at professional conferences, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and Law Society continuing education programmes, and at International Bar Association meetings.
Membership/Affiliations
- The Advocates' Society
- Committees on Dispute Resolution and Transnational Litigation, International Bar Association
- Chair, International Arbitration Committee, Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario (Past)
- Former Instructor, Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course
- The University Club of Toronto, Board of Directors (past)