Heather J. Vaughan

BIOGRAPHY

Heather J. Vaughan attended Osgoode Hall Law School and obtained her LL.B. in 1999. She is a partner at the law firm of Benson Percival Brown where she started her career as an articling student.

Heather’s insurance defence litigation practice includes the defence of motor vehicle liability claims which vary in scope from maintaining threshold defence positions to managing complex and catastrophic personal injury claims.

She defends claims against daycares, long-term care facilities, private schools, as well as professionals such as teachers, physiotherapists, pharmacists, nurses, and psychotherapists.  She defends and prosecutes negligence claims by and against builders, suppliers, and installers involved in the construction of residential and commercial projects.

Heather acts as Tribunal Counsel to the Complaints, Discipline and Qualification and Registration Committees of the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO).

Her administrative law practice includes advocacy before tribunals such as Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) and the Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO), as well as representing regulated health professionals in the complaints and discipline process before their respective Colleges.

Heather has had the privilege of helping many pharmacists deal with complaints and discipline matters before the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Heather J. Vaughan