Why Choose to Hire Guy Hunter as your Employment Lawyer?
90% success rate on wrongful dismissal trials for Plaintiffs.
Obtained court orders for 89.7% of legal costs sought at trial in 4 most recent wrongful dismissal suits for employees.
Has an easy going demeanour and understands the law very well.
Can often guide you early in deciding if the employer’s offer is reasonable or not. If not, can usually get you a significant increase in offered compensation fairly early.
Bills at $300.00/hour plus HST (a low rate for his year of call and ability as an employment lawyer). Most lawyers in their 22nd, year of practice bill about $450.00 per hour.
Has an LL.M. in Securities Law, so has an understanding of the law and context relating to employees in the financial services industry, employees with stock options, etc.
Practices general litigation and can often creatively raise other claims (breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of good faith, negligence, negligent misrepresentation) when a wrongful dismissal claim might be barred by a hiring document or for some other reason (see testimonial from Financial Services Executive).
Can quickly calculate your likely entitlement to pay in lieu of notice.
Client-focused.
Can apply human rights arguments to negotiations or lawsuits, when useful and appropriate.
Will try to resolve the matter quickly at a fair price if the employer is reasonable.
WIll likely get the employer to pay a big percentage of your legal bill if the employer insists on not reasonably settling the matter.
Is practical and can resolve most severance negotiations with a few letters which usually result in an increase in amount offered by employers to settle your case of 3 to 8 times the cost of the legal services. In other words, if the cost is usually about $1,500.00 the benefit is usually between $4,500.00 and $15,000.00 in increased money paid for reasonable notice.
Legal Cost Awards obtained by Guy Hunter in his last four Employment Law Cases taken to Trial for Plaintiffs
| Case Name | Successful Party | Successful Party Damages Awarded ($) | Legal Costs Sought | Legal Costs Awarded by the Court($) % of costs awarded v. costs sought |
| Munoz v. Canac, 2008 CarswellOnt. 7059 – Judgment | Plaintiff Represented by Guy Hunter | $39,213 | $29,795 | $25,000 All in 83.9% |
| Contreras v. Canac, 2010 ONSC 849 | Plaintiff Represented by Guy Hunter | $36,849 | $35,000 All in | 94.9% |
| Donoso v. Canac | Plaintiff Represented by Guy Hunter | $50,000 | $45,358 All in | 83.9% |
| Violo v. Delphi Communications | Plaintiff Represented by Guy Hunter | $40,623 | $36,400 All in | 89.6% |
Legal Costs
Everyone knows legal fees are expensive, but Guy Hunter is often successful in getting a large portion of an employee’s legal costs paid by an employer if the employee is forced to take the issue of reasonable notice to trial.
In a majority of the employment law cases that Guy Hunter has taken to trial, the other side has been ordered to pay roughly 90% of the costs sought by Mr. Hunter on behalf of his clients.
The net result is employers having to pay both wrongful dismissal damages to their former employees, their own lawyers bills and $25,000.00 to $45,000.00 of the employee’s legal costs.
When you win a case the other side usually pays some of your legal bills or costs.
Mr. Hunter is better at math than many employment law solicitors. He can often quickly calculate what your wrongful dismissal claim is likely worth and select a strategy appropriate to the amount of money at stake.
Mr Hunter really cares about getting you what you deserve and will work hard to get you the result you wish.
Mr Hunter will almost always recommend commencing with a phone call or demand letter to the employer so that the matter can be quickly resolved for the least time spent.
Mr. Hunter will ensure he knows what your goals are and craft an appropriate strategy based on those goals.
Guy Hunter understands employment law well and human rights law well and can usually help you draft an appropriate strategy based on the facts of your case.
If your case has to be pursued in court, Mr. Hunter will try to convince you to make a reasonable settlement offer early to protect you against adverse consequences later. See Legal Cost Awards obtained by Guy Hunter in his last four Employment Law Cases taken to Trial.
Mr. Hunter’s legal rates are very reasonable for his years of practice in employment law. and based on the number of successful cases he has taken to trial.
DISCLAIMER
When every attempt is made to provide helpful information in this website, you may not rely on the information above as legal advice.