Leah is an associate with a broad range of litigation experience, having represented clients in various industries including construction, energy, mining, banking, entertainment and technology. She has acted for corporations across the construction pyramid, generally working with contractors and subcontractors.
Leah is called to the bar in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. She has experience in several types of disputes, including contract, shareholder, construction, intellectual property, banking and insolvency, estates and trusts, malpractice, fraud and various regulatory investigations and adjudications (expropriation, electricity, lobbying and surface rights).
Some of Leah’s representative work includes:
- Counsel to an EPC contractor involved in a dispute with the owner of a carbon capture plant;
- Counsel to a design-build subcontractor in a dispute with its underground utilities subcontractor for a light rail transit system;
- Counsel to the owner of a sour gas processing plant in northern Canada in a multi-party UNCITRAL arbitration; and
- Counsel to an offshore seismic company in various disputes relating to copyright and offshore oil and gas regulations in Canada and abroad.
Prior to joining Margie Strub, Leah practiced at a large Canadian law firm in the commercial litigation group, while maintaining active construction and estates litigation practices. In her practice, Leah worked with an array of clients in Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and abroad. Through that role, Leah gained extensive experience marshalling the facts and working with experts while involved in hearings in Canada, as well as the Falkland Islands and London.
Leah has written articles on construction law and contributed to annual civil procedure publications.
Experience
Representative Work
Light rail line: Acting for a civil joint venture in respect of course-of-project and upstream claims advice, and in respect of numerous subcontractor claims.
Subway line: Preparation of subcontract forms for civil joint venture on a major urban subway project.
Select Reported Cases
- Chyc v. Concentric, 2020 ONSC 7820
- Centurion Mortgage Capital Corporation v. Brightstar Newcastle Corporation, 2021 ONSC 5181
- Whissell Contracting Ltd. v Calgary (City), 2018 ABCA 204
- Whissell Contracting Ltd v Calgary (City), 2017 ABQB 644
Awards and Recognition
Best Lawyers in Canada, Construction Law, 2010-2025
Professional Contributions
Ontario Bar Association, Construction & Infrastructure Section Executive, 2024-2025
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Guest Lecturer, 2018
Osgoode Hall Law School, Guest Faculty, 2016, 2018, 2021
The Advocates’ Society, Vice-Chair, Construction Law Practice Group, 2014-2016
George Brown College, Guest Lecturer, 2014, 2019
Speaking and Publications
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, Transit Project Progress and Lessons Learned: Status Report on Major Transit Projects in Ontario and Quebec, Canadian Institute 11th Annual Urban Transit Infrastructure Symposium, Eastern Canada, May 29, 2025
Program Chair, Nailing Down the Key Issues for Getting Projects Built in Ontario, Ontario Bar
Association, November 27, 2024
Select Publications
Education and Admissions
Education
Queen’s University, Juris Doctor, 2014
International Business Law Diploma, 2012
University of Alberta, Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction, 2011
Bar Admission and Certifications
Ontario Bar, 2019
Saskatchewan Bar, 2017
Alberta Bar, 2015