Runako Gregg

RUNAKO GREGG

Attorney-At-Law

Email:
[email protected]

LATEST CASE:

Successfully represented employee’s allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace

BIO

Runako specializes in civil litigation, mediation, and workplace investigations. 

His practice largely focuses on human rights law, constitutional law, various areas of administrative law and alternative dispute resolution. Runako previously worked at the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and recently served as Legal Counsel with the Ontario Human Rights Legal Support Centre where he represented complainants during mediations and hearings in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.  

Runako earned his Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School in 2020 and was admitted to practice in Trinidad and Tobago in the same year.

CASES:

  • Acted as Counsel for Applicant in Tonn v. The Curtis Goddard Team, 2020 HRTO 804 in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The application alleged harassment in the workplace because of sex, sexual solicitation or advances and reprisal.RESULT: The Tribunal found that Applicant was subjected to sexual harassment both in and pertaining to the workplace and ordered an award to Applicant in monetary compensation for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.
  • Acted as co-counsel for Applicant, a six-year-old child, in JKB v. Peel (Police Services Board), 2020 172 in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Applicant alleged differential treatment because of her race when two police officers handcuffed and shackled her at school.RESULT: The Tribunal found that Applicant’s race was a factor in the treatment by Respondent when she was placed on her stomach and her wrists handcuffed behind her.
  • Acted as co-counsel for the family of the deceased in Coroner’s inquest into the death of Jermaine Carby. We argued that Mr. Carby was subject to a “street check” for no lawful reason, even though he was a passenger in a vehicle during a traffic stop, ultimately leading to his death.RESULT: The Coroner’s jury ruled death to be a homicide and made 14 recommendations, including police training on “unconscious bias” and de-escalating crisis situations.
  • Member of the legal team representing Applicant in Aiken v. Ottawa Police Services Board, 2015 ONSC 3793 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Divisional Court. Applicant sought judicial review of a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario that barred him from seeking his own systemic human rights remedies independent of a settlement agreement between the other two parties in the matter.RESULT: The Divisional Court overturned the Tribunal’s decision. Furthermore, the Court stated that the Tribunal’s decision “cannot be regarded as an acceptable outcome, given the nature of human rights remedies generally and the importance of the public interest issue at stake in this case.”

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & AWARDS

  • BA, University of Toronto 
  • MA, York University 
  • JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 
  • PhD (ABD), York University  
  • Legal Education Certificate, Hugh Wooding Law School 

MEMBERSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Law Society of Ontario 
  • ADR Institute of Ontario 
  • Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago