Tyler Planeta

First Year of Call
2022 Ontario

Areas of Practice
Class Actions

Description
Tyler is a Partner in our Toronto office who focuses on complex securities and consumer protection class actions.

Education
Queen’s University Faculty of Law
University of Waterloo

Tyler is a Partner in the class actions department. Tyler’s practice is focused on class action litigation, including securities and competition litigation.

Tyler has appeared at all levels of courts in Ontario and British Columbia, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. Among other matters, Tyler was part of the teams prosecuting securities class actions against Manulife Financial Corporation and others that resulted in a $69 million settlement; Just Energy Group Inc., which resulted in a US $25 million settlement; Canadian Solar Inc., which resulted in a US$13 million settlement; and SouthGobi Resources Ltd., which resulted in over $7.5 million in settlements.

Between 2019 and 2021, Tyler was seconded to Claims Funding Europe, a litigation funding firm in Dublin, Ireland. At Claims Funding Europe, Tyler helped manage complex securities and competition claims in Europe and Asia, including litigations arising out of high-profile accounting scandals at Toshiba and Volkswagen. Tyler also assisted in competition actions in the Netherlands involving cartelized vehicles, and airfreight.

Tyler also represents individuals who allege they were harmed in group homes, and is part of the team litigating a proposed class action against for-profit group home chain Hatts Off. He previously represented numerous claimants in their litigations arising out of injuries at a Canadian-owned mine in Eritrea. He is actively involved in a variety of community initiatives and pro bono matters. Among other commitments, Tyler has acted as a volunteer lawyer with Pro Bono Ontario’s Education Law Project, which provides legal representation to students and families seeking access to educational services, and the Osgoode Hall Investor Protection Clinic, which provides free legal advice to people who believe their investments were mishandled and cannot afford a lawyer. He has served as a volunteer judge at the Winkler Class Actions Moot.

Tyler obtained his J.D. from the Queen’s University Faculty of Law and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2016. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Advocates’ Society and has served as a Member-at-Large of the Ontario Bar Association’s Class Actions Section.