TORONTO — A nasty legal spat involving claims of fraud, owed money and abusive behaviour is playing out between a high profile employment lawyer and his former bookkeeper. “He is unceasingly uncivil.”Lean, who denies any fraudulent billing, says her only crime was to have taken a position with Levitt’s law firm. Levitt, who bills himself as “Canada’s best known and most quoted authority on employment law,” denies owing any money or that he inflicted any mental distress on his ex-employee. Lean, however, in her defence and counter-claim, which also seeks $25,000 in damages for unpaid work, constructive dismissal and mental distress, tells a completely different story. “(Lean) was already suffering substantial mental distress at the time, as her medical or psychiatric records will indicate, as a result of her own personal issues,” he says.

Source: National Post June 02, 2016 04:40 UTC