Peter Giblett

Partner, Paralegal - Litigation

Meet Peter Giblett. Originally, from London, England.

Licensed with the LSO since 2021.

He provides court and tribunal services following areas:

• Landlord matters.
• Municipal Law, including Short Term rentals.
• Professional disciplinary tribunals
• Assessment Review Board – to appeal property tax assessments.
• Ontario Land Tribunal.
• Contract Law.
• Libel and Slander.
• Purebred Animals

He works with small businesses and will assist them in navigating the Small Claims arena. What matters to your business? If it matters to you, then he is happy to take it on and fight on your behalf.

Peter's Successes include:

• Keeping a Tenant in her apartment when a small business landlord tried to evict her, through an N12.
• Dozens of N4 / L1 evictions, including those with S82 and S83 Tenant applications.
• Negotiating a settlement of $9,000 for a defendant in a $50,000 small claims lawsuit.
• Obtaining wage garnishment for a $29,500 loan debt.
• Negotiating a $15,000 settlelement for a collector whose storage unit was destroyed by fire.
• Successfully negotiated a dog ownership dispute.
• Won more than 10, T5 cases  with the LTB securing between abatements of $6.500 and $30,000.
• Negotiated AMPS penalties fine reductions.
• Negotiated exit strategy for tenents served with an N12, through cash for keys offers upto $30,000.
• Secured municipal short-term rental vacation home licences.

IT Qualifications:

• Education: IT professional qualifications.
• Chartered Information Technology Practitioner. (1979 to present)

Business Experience:

Peter spent many years as a senior Information Technology professional. Throughout that career, he focused on the need to help clients attain the solutions they desire through the deployment of technology solutions. He has led teams from 2 to 200 and delivered solutions on budgets from $50,000 to $100 million This was also part of a trigger for his future interest in the law. He has a lifetime negotiating and writing contracts for IT firms and other businesses he has been a part of.

Legal Education:

• University of West London UK (1995 to 1999) - LLB, with Honours
• Inns of Court School of Law UK (2000 to 2002) - Bar Vocational Course.
• Member of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple, Called to the Bar in England 2002.
• Trios College Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2020 to 2021) - Paralegal Diploma

Peter then returned to school to earn a Law Degree and qualified at the English Bar, although, he never practiced law in the UK.

In 2006, Peter, moved to Canada to investigate new horizons. He has lived in the Niagara region since his arrival. He used the move of country as an opportunity to retire from the IT industry, although he remains fascinated with that industry's technological developments, particularly databases and Artificial Inteligence.

Peter brings with him a deep understanding how to manage projects, such as your legal case and uses his project management skils to assist the team at Invictus Legal. He looked for his next great step in life, returned to school to take his Paralegal Diploma at Trios College in Hamilton, and passed his licensing exam in 2021. He has been working in the legal services industry since 2020 and brings with him a desire to help clients attain the solutions they desire. Peter is interested in professional discipline, tribunal litigation and municipal.

Outside of the courtroom, Peter’s interests are writing, reading, fine foods, wines, whisky, and local municipal politics. He is also writing software using AI. Among his favourite authors  include Isaac Asimov, Agatha Christie, Information Technology journals and legal journals. Sports teams he is passionate about include Arsenal, Southampton, Bayern München, Toronto FC, New York Yankees, and Washington Commanders.