Darcy has also acted as outside counsel on behalf of the Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee, representing those whose injuries render them incapable of making legal decisions. Notably, such cases include a successful 22-day trial against the Ontario Provincial Police, Pelletier v. Her Majesty the Queen, in which a cyclist was struck and rendered catastrophically injured by an O.P.P. cruiser. In the case of Youssef v. Redi-Mix Limited et al., Darcy went to the Supreme Court of Canada to interpret the Residential Tenancies Act and a landlord’s negligent property management, which contributed to a tenant’s livestock escaping the property and catastrophically injuring a passing motorcyclist.

Darcy is a former director of the York Region Law Association and of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA). In 2015, he was selected as OTLA’s representative to review Ontario’s proposed Protocol for Traffic Injury Management, to question the research scientists who authored the protocol, and to make submissions to the provincial government. In 2023, Darcy was appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ministry of the Attorney General to the Civil Rules Committee and the Civil Rules Review Committee.

Darcy is also a frequent speaker at conferences concerning personal injury trial practice, focusing on municipal liability and trial conduct. He has presented at the Advocates’ Society, the Canadian Institute, the Law Society of Ontario, and has chaired and spoken at conferences with the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association. He has published numerous trade papers and articles on civil litigation and co-authored the chapter on municipal liability in the Oatley McLeish Guide to Personal Injury Practice in Motor Vehicle Cases.

His peers have continually selected Darcy for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in Canada Legal Directory since 2019 . More important than such recognition, Darcy would argue, are his trial and appeal results.

Darcy received his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall in 2002 and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English Literature in 1999 from the University of Ottawa. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2003.

• 2025:
  Recipient of the John A. McLeish Award, given to an OTLA member who has made an outstanding contribution to the goals of a fair trial and access to justice, as an advocate, in legal scholarship, continuing legal education, legal writing, journalism, politics or government.
• 2015 – 2025:
  Member of four lawyer firm selected by Canadian Lawyer Magazine as one of the top 10 personal injury boutiques in Canada.
• 2019 - 2025:
  Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Canada.
• 2017 - 2022:
  Director of the York Region Law Association (YRLA).
• 2010 – 2017:
  Director of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), serving on committees ranging from creating a standard of excellence for all personal injury lawyers to distributing bike helmets for kids.
• 2015:
  OTLA representative selected to review Ontario’s proposed Protocol for Traffic Injury Management, to question its research scientists and make submissions to the province.
• 2012:
  Recipient of the Martin Wunder, Q.C. Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, given to an OTLA member in recognition of exceptional commitment to and promotion of the advancement of OTLA’s Mission: “To fearlessly champion through the pursuit of the highest standards of advocacy the cause of those who have suffered injury or injustice.”

Year

Name

Type

Court

Year

2020‡

Name

Youssef v. Redi-Mix Limited

Successful defence of appeal of summary judgment boomerang order finding liability against corporate landowner for tenant’s escaped farm animal causing collision with motorcyclist.

Type

Appeal

Court

• SCC
  220CarswellOnt9246
• Ont. CA
  2020 ONCA 83

Year

2019†

Name

Gilbraith v. Intact Insurance

Successful defence of appeal seeking to overturn summary judgment motion finding un-insured coverage for a student blinded by an object thrown from a vehicle that fled the scene.

Type

Appeal

Court

• Div. Ct.

Year

2018†

Name

Johnson v. Lewin et al.

Mixed solicitor negligence and municipal negligence trial involving ligament and vascular damage to a pedestrian’s knee. Defendant found 100% at fault. Verdict exceeded offer.

Type

Trial

Court

• Sup. Ct.
  2018 ONSC 850

Year

2017

Name

Nairn v. Merlino

Tim was a union glazier who was T-boned at an intersection. He suffered soft-tissue injuries to his neck that prevented him from returning to his job, hanging large glass panels on skyscrapers.

Type

Trial

Court

• ON SC
  (8 June 2017) Newmarket, CV-14-118923-00 (ON SC)

Year

2016‡

Name

Elder v. Rizzardo Bros. Holdings et al.

Orthopaedic injuries sustained in a slip and fall on an icy cement island in a private parking lot. Owner found 50% at fault, Contractor 40% at fault, Plaintiff found 10% at fault. Verdict exceeded offer.

Type

Trial

Court

• Sup. Ct.
  2016 ONSC 7235
  2016 ONSC 7072
  2016 ONSC 7241
  2016 ONSC 7098

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• †
  Cases with sole carriage or as lead counsel
• ‡
  Cases where co-counsel