Ian Literovich

Ian has extensive experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution in provincial and federal court, having litigated claims relating to fraud, mortgage enforcement, tax disputes, shareholder disputes, real property issues, and cryptocurrency financing.

Ian has robust experience in all parts of litigation from commencement through trial and enforcement of judgments. He has specific experience with urgent injunctions, including tracing funds on an emergency basis from alleged fraud and freezing accounts when necessary. Ian has also served as lead trial counsel before the Tax Court of Canada.

In addition to his current commercial experience, Ian has multiple years of experience with cross-border class actions litigation in the securities and competition space.

Ian is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, and holds a Masters of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

Prior to practicing law, Ian conducted research on counterinsurgency policy, both as a Visiting Scholar at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy, and through field research in Kingston, Jamaica as related to policing policy as against entrenched and militarized organized crime elements.

Representative Cases

• MGW Home Designs Inc. v. Pasqualino, 2025 ONSC 1160
• Rabinowitz v. 2528061 Ontario Inc., 2024 ONSC 2357
• SMP Carpentry Inc. v. The King, 2023 TCC 166
• Warner v. Ahmadi, 2023 ONCA 71
• Arad Incorporated v. Rejali et. al., 2023 ONSC 3949
• Pasqualino v. MGW-Homes Design Inc., 2022 ONSC 5632
• Miller v. FSD Pharma, Inc., 2020 ONSC 4054
• Stevens v. Ithaca Energy Inc., 2019 ABQB 474
• Kauf v. Colt Resources, Inc., 2019 ONSC 2179