Demetrios Yiokaris
Partner
Practice Area
Civil Litigation, Pension and Benefits,
Expertise
Appellate Court Practice, Commercial Litigation, Professional Negligence and Insurance Litigation, Pension and Benefit Issues in Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Pension and Benefit Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings
Called to the Bar
Ontario, 2002
Demetrios Yiokaris is the practice co-ordinator of the firm’s Litigation department. His practice includes professional negligence, coverage disputes, pension and benefits litigation, disability coverage disputes, real estate litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, and transportation/maritime. He also has significant experience in bankruptcy and restructuring matters with an emphasis in advising labour unions, pensioners, and employees. Further, Demetrios also routinely litigates regulatory matters, including as counsel for the Home Construction Regulatory Authority.
Demetrios has extensive motion and trial experience in a variety of courts and tribunals, which have resulted in over one hundred reported decisions. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, various provincial trial division courts (Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Alberta, and the Federal Court of Canada), various appellate courts (Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Federal Court of Canada), in major private arbitrations, and before several different tribunals relating to regulatory matters.
In addition to English, Demetrios speaks Greek, basic French and basic Cantonese.
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Experience
- Comstock Canada Ltd.
- Indalex Limited (Supreme Court of Canada)
- Sears Canada Inc.
- Albion Building Consultant Inc. v. Registrar, Home Construction Regulatory Authority, 2023 ONLAT NHCLA 13954
- Sheth v Randhawa 2022 ONCA 707
- Sheth v Rhandawa CV-20-1816 – June 9 2021
- Sheth v Rhandawa CV-20-1816 – August 5 2021
- 6736238 Canada Inc. v. Registrar HCRA ONLAT NHCLA 142079
- Monk v. Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay), 2019 ONCA 616
- Monk v. Farmers and Muskoka Ins 2017 ONSC 4511
- Monk v. Farmers and Muskoka Ins 2017 ONSC 3690
- Dynacorp Canada Inc. v Levine, Sherkin, Boussidan., 2017 ONSC 1462 (CanLII)
- Gardner v Vella, 2016 ONSC 4146 (CanLII)
- Wabush Mines
- Monk vs. Farmers and Muskoka Ins.
- Catalyst Paper Corporation (British Columbia Supreme Court)
- Hard-Rock Paving Company Limited
- Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co. (“HCPH”)
- The Shaw Group Inc.
- Windsor Machine & Stamping Limited
- Mitchinson v. I.B.E.W. (District 1) et al 2014 ONSC 168
- Boys v. Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., [2013] O.J. No. 5164
- Nguyen v. O’Donnell, 233 ACWS (3d) 330
- 626381 Ontario Limited et al. v. Kagan, Shastri, Barristers & Solicitors et al., 116 O.R. (3d) 202
- Faris v. Eftimovski, [2013] O.J. No. 2551
- 1298781 Ontario Inc. v. Levine, [2013] O.J. No. 2263
- Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers, [2013] S.C.J. No. 6
- 2101801 Ontario Ltd. v. Ontario, [2012] O.J. No. 6474
- Shaw Satellite Services Inc. (c.o.b. Shaw Tracking) v. Christian Schenk Inc., [2012] O.J. No. 6473
- Maddocks Manufacturing Ltd. (Re), [2011] O.J. No. 6571
- 2011791 Ontario Ltd. (c.o.b. Triple M Demolition) (Re), [2010] O.J. No. 2339
- Nortel Insolvency
- Braga v. Canada (Attorney General), [2009] F.C.J. No. 628
- Bax Global Inc. v. Garibaldi, [2008] O.J. No. 2419
- De Frias v. Bank of Nova Scotia, [2007] O.J. No. 1817
- Océan Navigation Inc. v. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., [2007] F.C.J. No. 565
- Kennedy v. Hughes
- Secunda Marine Services Ltd. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
- Omniciel International Inc. v. Apex Systems Integrators Inc., [2005] O.J. No. 1368
- McAsphalt Marine Transport Ltd. v. Liberty International Canada et al
- Brine Lake Products Ltd. v. Schenker of Canada Ltd.
- Pak N’ Stack Ltd. v. ING Insurance Co. of Canada, [2003] O.J. No. 4716
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Education
International Human Rights Law (certificate), 2002, University of Oxford
LL.B., 2000, University of Western Ontario
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Memberships / Affiliations
Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Canadian Transportation Lawyers’ Association
Member, Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association
Member, Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade
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Latest News & Events
Demetrios Yiokaris and Katherine Ferreira protect new home purchasers
March 20, 2023
Koskie Minsky LLP acts as counsel to the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA), which is the regulator for new home builders and vendors in Ontario. Demetrios Yiokaris and Katherine Ferreira recently succeeded in having the license of Albion Building Consultant Inc. revoked after a week long hearing. This decision recently received positive media attention from
Show AllDemetrios Yiokaris Quoted In Article by the Lawyers Daily in Fraud and Conspiracy Case
October 19, 2022
Demetrios Yiokaris, a Partner in the Litigation Department, successfully defended a real estate lawyer in a fraud and conspiracy matter. The Ontario Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal of a June 2021 decision that found a real estate transaction, which concluded unfavourably for the appellant, was not due to fraud or conspiracy on the
