Toronto
416.860.0003
Bar Admission:
2023
Winona has a broad civil litigation practice including professional liability, construction and commercial litigation disputes. She regularly appears before the Small Claims Court and the Superior Court of Ontario.
While in law school, Winona was heavily involved in Queen's Legal Aid representing low-income clients on a variety of issues such as criminal, small claims and landlord-tenant disputes. During her three years volunteering with QLA, she successfully argued cases in front of the Social Benefits Tribunal and the Criminal Injury Compensation Board.
In her spare time, she enjoys trying new restaurants, thrift shopping and binge-watching true crime shows.
The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Sherman Estate v Donovan (2021 SCC 25) reinforces the open court principle as a constitutionally entrenched right of freedom of expression and thereby a justified limit on the right to privacy. The Trustees of the Sherman Estate lost their appeal to keep probate documents sealed as they did not meet the threshold of proving that court openness presented a serious risk to the public interest.