Toronto boutique Polley Faith continues to enjoy its place as a maverick litigation shop free to take on a variety of work, much of which is not typical for Bay Street. A client declares, “Polley Faith has been instrumental in assisting us in enterprise-level litigation and pre-litigation issues. They have dealt with contractual disputes, escalation management, and fraud recovery. They are a very skilled team with excellent knowledge and practice acumen.”
Andrew Faith and Jeffrey Haylock represented Bell Media in a significant piece of commercial litigation concerning Bell’s distribution of Discovery Channel programming in Canada through several cable channels, licensed by Warner Bros. Discovery. In June 2024, Rogers announced that it would be distributing Discovery-related programming starting in 2025. Bell Media commenced an application to enforce a non-competition clause that would prevent Warner Bros. Discovery from providing content to competitive services for a set period of time. The matter went to a hearing, but ultimately was resolved by the parties just before the court released its decision.
Mark Polley represents a Parliamentary member as the plaintiff in a defamation action against Global News and others due to published stories alleging that Dong was a known traitor according to security officials. Specifically, the articles and broadcasts alleged that Dong was a “witting affiliate” of the government of China’s efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy and that Dong had secretly advised China to delay releasing two Canadians held improperly in custody in China, among other serious accusations. The Court found overwhelmingly in favor of Dong. “Mark Polley has excellent client relationship management skills,” testifies one client. “[He is} Very personable and attentive to detail.”
