Joshua Henderson

Senior Litigation Counsel

4800 – 100 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, M5X 2A2

Clerk

Education

  • Harvard, ALM - 2018
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, JD - 2007
  • University of Waterloo - B.Sc. (Hons.) - 2002

Professional Accreditations and Affiliations

  • Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation - 2017
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers - Public Policy Secretariat
  • LSO CAN Mentor & Coach

About Lawyer

  • Joshua Henderson is a senior counsel at Aviva, where he practices subrogation and insurance defence. Joshua also serves as a sessional lecturer at TMU Law School, where he teaches Civil Procedure. Joshua published Canadian Insurance Defence with LexisNexis in 2024 and is currently working on the second edition.

Notable Cases

  • Trial Decisions: Cadieux v. Saywell, 2016 ONSC 7604 Swatridge v. Winters, 2013 ONSC 7341 Swatridge v. Winters, 2013 ONSC 5333 Hoang v. Vicentini, 2012 ONSC 6644 Hoang v. Vicentini, 2014 ONSC 5893 R. v. Rados, [2009] O.J. No. 1558 Dunklin v. Belair, 2014 ONSC 6559 (Appeal Factum)
  • Supreme Court of Canada Leave Applications : North River Insurance Co. v. Vale Canada Ltd., [2023] S.C.C.A. No. 24 Graham v. Chrysler Canada Inc., 2016 CanLII 35733 (SCC)
  • Court of Appeal Decisions: Vale Canada v. RSA, 2022 ONCA 862 Vale Canada v. RSA, 2022 ONCA 448 Optrics v. Lloyds, 2022 ABCA 26 Cadieux v. Saywell, 2019 ONCA 241 Cadieux v. Saywell, 2018 ONCA 903 Hoang v. Vicentini, 2016 ONCA 723 Kozel v. The Personal Insurance Company, 2014 ONCA 130 (Factum on relief from forfeiture) Hoang v. Vicentini, 2016 ONCA 856 Hoang v. Vicentini, 2015 ONCA 780 Morgan v. The Economical Insurance Group, 2013 ONCA 369
  • Divisional Court Decisions: Webster v. B.C.R. Construction Incorporated, 2014 ONSC 5657 (Div. Court) Sweet v. Hennink, 2015 ONSC 2571 (Leave to Appeal to Div. Court) Morgan v. The Economical Insurance Group, 2012 ONSC 6093
  • Summary Judgments: Zhu v. Kendellhurst Academy Inc., 2018 ONSC 7685 Hammond v. Peabody, 2017 ONSC 4654 Jones v. Northstar, 2016 ONSC 1799 Paul v. Oliver Fuels Ltd., [2012] O.J. No. 540 Morand v. City of Brampton, 2015 ONSC 877 Sweet v. Hennink, 2014 ONSC 7517 Sweet v. Hennink, 2014 ONSC 3670
  • Court of Appeal, Amicus Curiae Endorsements: Van Raalte v. Westwood, [2019] O.J. No. 2971 (ONCA) R. v. Neron, 2016 ONCA M46955 R. v. Olumide, 2016 ONCA M47086 R. v. Baldeo-Almeida, [2015] O.J. No. 7305 (ONCA) Norris v. Morocco, [2015] O.J. No. 7303 (ONCA) Puthon v. Puthon, [2015] O.J. No. 7304 (ONCA) Moffat v. Miller, [2015] O.J. No. 7302 (ONCA)

Personal Interests

  • Outside of law, Joshua enjoys coaching various sports teams and travelling with his wife and three young children.