Oneal Banerjee (He/Him)
Oneal Banerjee has been practicing insurance and personal injury litigation since 2003. Oneal has represented clients at all stages of the litigation process, up to and including trial, judicial review, and appeal. Oneal’s experience prior to joining Dolden Wallace Folick includes complex insurance, product liability, and government liability litigation as a lawyer at one of the country’s largest full-service national law firms and a leading insurance defence boutique, after Articling at the Crown Law Office – Civil (Ontario).
Oneal’s practice focusses on complex specialty insurance disputes, including class actions, professional negligence, construction, and large property damage claims. Oneal also has extensive experience defending negligent investigation and wrongful death matters, defending physical assault and sexual abuse claims, and handling product liability, and complex property and casualty claims, arising from fires and gas explosions.
In recognition of his breadth of experience in the practice of insurance law, Oneal was selected to teach the Insurance Law Course at Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Fall 2024 semester.
Oneal’s practice areas include:
Class Action Defence:
Oneal has acted as defence and monitoring counsel in several high profile class actions in multiple provinces in Canada, arising from casualties, abuse, fatalities, and significant property loss
Complex Property Loss:
Oneal has acted has acted as defence counsel in several high value fire and water loss claims for insurers and their insureds.
Sports and Recreation Liability:
Oneal has acted for several sports organizations in defending complex personal injury claims and claims arising from disciplinary proceedings against members or coaches
Directors and Officers Liability:
Oneal has defended organizations and their Directors against a variety of claims, including those alleging bad faith, intentional misconduct, and racially motivated dereliction of duties.
Civil Sexual Abuse:
Oneal has defended sports organizations in claims alleging sexual abuse by coaches arising from alleged negligence of the organizations
Product Liability:
Oneal has acted for product manufacturers of automobiles, televisions, toasters, and other products in claims alleging that product defects resulted in catastrophic injury or significant property loss
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Toronto Lawyers’ Association (Board of Directors)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association, Insurance Law Section Executive (Member-at-Large)
- The Advocates’ Society
- South Asian Bar Association (Toronto)
- Canadian Defence Lawyers
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Co-Presenter, “Governance and Sports Associations”, Durant Barristers Webinar, December 13, 2024
Panelist, “Diversity in Class Actions: EDI in the Courtroom”, Ontario Bar Association 16th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, December 4, 2024
Co-Presenter, EPL Class Actions: Trends, Misclassification Actions, Notable Cases & the Quebec Perspective, Dolden Wallace Folick LLP Webinar, November 1, 2024
Panelist, “Ethical Advocacy at Trial”, Will Trial Lawyers 9th Annual CLE Webinar, October 9, 2024
Co-Author, “The Future of Multijurisdictional Class Actions in Canada: CBA Protocols and Beyond”, Class Action Defence Quarterly, September 2024, Volume 19, No. 1.
Co-Author, Dolden Case Brief – “Charter Applies to Ontario School Boards – Supreme Court of Canada”, July 26, 2024
Presenter, “Oral Advocacy: The Art of War – Winning Mediations, Pre-Trials, and Trials”, Canadian Defence Lawyers’ Annual Boot Camp, October 23, 2023
Presenter, “Motor Vehicle Coverage Issues: The Tail That Wags The Dog”, Law Society of Ontario, 6th Annual Motor Vehicle Law Summit, September 19, 2023
Moderator, “If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Perceptions from Three Recently Appointed Judges”, Toronto Lawyers’ Association Webinar, June 6, 2023
Presenter: “Class Actions Wagons Go West: Changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, Their Impact, and Related Considerations”, Dolden Wallace Folick LLP Webinar, January 18, 2023
Co-Author: “Intrusion Upon Seclusion: The Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms the ‘Hacked’ are not ‘Hackers’, Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, Class Action Updates, December 2022
Author: “What I love about being a lawyer”, practicePRO Magazine, August 2022 (Student Edition)
Panelist, “Taking Your Negotiations to the Next Level”, Ontario Bar Association (OBA), Alternative Dispute Section Webinar, June 21, 2022
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Law Society of Ontario (2003)
- Law Society of Saskatchewan (2024)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours), University of Ottawa (1996)
Juris Doctor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Common Law (2002)
Pugliese v. Chartwell, 2024 ONSC 1135 (CanLII)
Brookes v. Athletics Ontario, 2023 ONSC 5420 (CanLII)
