G20 Summit Class Action
In June of 2010, Toronto police conducted the largest mass arrests in Canadian history during global G20 summit meetings in Toronto.
Klippensteins and Eric Gillespie were co-counsel in a hard-fought eleven-year class action lawsuit defending the rights and liberties of all Canadians, which ended with a settlement that included a public police acknowledgement, police policy reform, and a substantial compensation to 1100 arrestees.
Ipperwash Litigation & Inquiry
In 1995, First Nation activist Dudley George was shot and killed by police in Ipperwash Provincial Park at a protest seeking to protect native burial grounds and Treaty lands.