Trial & Appellate Advocacy.
About the Firm
Danson Delavar LLP is a Toronto litigation boutique focused on delivering strategic, sophisticated, and practical advocacy in high stakes disputes. As a team, Tim Danson and Marjan Delavar combine decades of courtroom experience with thoughtful strategic counsel, recognizing that successful advocacy requires not only strength in litigation, but also the judgment to identify risk early, develop effective solutions, and position clients advantageously before disputes escalate.
The practice includes employment law, complex personal injury litigation, complex corporate/commercial/Civil litigation, constitutional litigation, defamation, appellate advocacy, administrative law, sports law, professional negligence, and insurance litigation. As a team, the partners regularly advise and represent corporations, professionals, executives, insurers, and professional athletes in legally and reputationally sensitive matters.
Recognized for meticulous preparation, persuasive advocacy, and a disciplined, results-driven approach to litigation.
As a team, Tim and Marjan's experience spans administrative proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, trials, and appeals before all levels of court, including matters involving significant public scrutiny and complex legal challenges advancing novel and evolving areas of the law.
Whether acting in wrongful dismissal disputes, shareholder and corporate commercial conflicts, libel litigation, regulatory proceedings, or complex civil matters, they approach every case with strategic precision, unwavering attention to detail, and a commitment to achieving practical and effective results for their clients.
Danson Delavar LLP is committed to maintaining a collaborative and responsive relationship with every client. The team places a premium on careful legal analysis, practical advice, and tailored litigation strategies that allow clients to make informed decisions with confidence at every stage of the process.
Their combined depth of experience and disciplined preparation also allows the firm to litigate efficiently and strategically. By identifying the core issues early, anticipating challenges before they arise, and avoiding unnecessary procedural steps, the firm remains focused on advancing its clients' interests in a practical and cost-effective manner — without compromising the quality or strength of the advocacy provided.
Toronto · Litigation · Advocacy
The team advises and represents corporations, professionals, executives, insurers, and professional athletes in legally and reputationally-sensitive matters — at every level of court and tribunal.
"Protect what's been built. Defend what's at stake."
High-value commercial conflicts, shareholder and contractual disputes, and complex civil litigation — on behalf of corporations, professionals, executives and individuals across publicly-traded and closely-held enterprises.
"Guidance when it matters. Experience when it's needed. Resolution when it counts."
Strategic counsel and tireless advocacy on wrongful dismissal, workplace investigations, performance management, accommodation, severance, and termination matters — for both employers and individuals.
"Constitutional principles matter. Charter rights endure. The rule of law must prevail."
Precedent-setting constitutional, public-interest, and administrative-law advocacy — including matters argued before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada that advance novel areas of the law.
"Decades of insight on both sides of claims. When claims are challenged. When coverage is disputed. When the stakes are high."
Complex insurance disputes, professional liability, and serious personal injury litigation — representing both plaintiffs and Canadian and American insurers, with deep understanding of strategy, risk, and negotiation dynamics.
"Free speech versus protecting reputational integrity."
In the words of Justice Binnie in WIC Radio: “An individual's reputation is not to be treated as regrettable but unavoidable road kill on the highway of public controversy…”
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Get in Touch
20 Eglinton Avenue West, Suite 1902
Toronto, ON M4R 1K8
416-929-2200
Fax: 416-929-2192
Timothy S.B. Danson — Ext. 106
danson@ddlitigators.com
Marjan Delavar — Ext. 114
marjan@ddlitigators.com
Getting Here
Directly on the Yonge–University subway line (Line 1), Eglinton Station.
Also accessible via the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5).
Heart of midtown Toronto.
Please note that any correspondence is informational only. You will not be considered a client of the firm until we have agreed to act for you in accordance with our usual policies for accepting clients.
