Holden Day Wilson

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Holden Day Wilson LLP
Date founded1900
Company type Limited Liability Partnership
Dissolved1996

Holden Day Wilson LLP was a law firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When it closed in 1996, it was the largest law firm failure in Canadian history. [1] [2]

History

The firm was founded in the early 20th century as Day, Wilson, led by founding partner Jimmy Day's expertise in the incorporation of mining companies. [3] In 1990, the firm merged with the prominent firm of Holden, Murdoch and renamed itself Holden Day Wilson. [3]

In 1993, one of its partners, Garry Hoy, [4] died after throwing himself against a glass window of its downtown Toronto-Dominion Centre office, in a playful attempt to demonstrate the strength of the window. [5] The window frame gave way and Hoy fell to his death from the 24th floor. [1] [6] [7] The shock of losing one of its most successful lawyers was a contributing factor in the firm's decline and fall, and the firm lost nearly 30 lawyers in the following three years. [1]

In 1996, the firm closed permanently amid controversy over unpaid bills. [1] [8] Until the closing of Goodman and Carr in 2007, it was the largest law firm failure in Canadian history. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Crosariol, Beppi (13 December 2006). "When partnerships are a fragile business". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 McNish, Jaquie (14 March 2007). "Law firm Goodman and Carr shutting down". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  3. 1 2 Moore, Christopher (3 February 1997). The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. pp. 311–312. ISBN   0802041272.
  4. ↑ "Skyscraper windows met standards: Engineers". Toronto Star. 1993-07-13. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  5. ↑ Mukherjee, Srishti (2024-07-19). "Lawyer Dies in Skyscraper Accident". NewsX World. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  6. ↑ "The Bizarre Death of Garry Hoy, the Lawyer that Accidentally Threw Himself Out a Window". Curious Archive. 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  7. ↑ "Heartbreaking story of lawyer who plunged to his death while trying to prove the strength of skyscraper windows". VT. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  8. ↑ McMahon, Kirsten (19 March 2007). "Goodman and Carr closing its doors". Law News Times. Retrieved 6 February 2014.


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