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Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller Partner

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ADMITTED TO THE BAR:
  • University of Manitoba (J.D., 2013)

Peter Mueller is a litigation lawyer who helps businesses, not-for-profits, and employers resolve disputes before courts, arbitration panels, and government tribunals.

Licensed in Manitoba and Nunavut, Peter’s practice is designed around dispute resolution and advocacy, providing clear, strategic advice that supports practical business decisions and minimizes risk. Clients rely on his measured and effective advocacy in high-stakes matters where preparation and judgment matter most.

Peter’s work spans several areas of dispute resolution:

Employment and Labour Litigation:
Peter represents employers and organizations in disputes involving confidential information, noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, wrongful dismissal claims, and human rights and labour board proceedings. He frequently acts in urgent injunctions to enforce or defend restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations.

General Civil and Commercial Litigation:
Peter acts in contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership conflicts, defamation claims, private arbitrations, and property-related disputes. He approaches each matter with a focus on practical outcomes and protecting clients’ commercial interests.

Administrative and Public Law:
Peter also maintains an active administrative law practice, representing clients in judicial review applications, professional regulation matters, and other disputes involving government bodies, agencies, and tribunals. He is trusted to challenge or defend administrative decisions where fairness, reasonableness, or jurisdiction are at stake.

Clients describe Peter as detail oriented, strategic, and compassionate. He strives to be a trusted member of each client’s team, offering legal insight that aligns with their broader objectives.

At Taylor McCaffrey LLP, Peter co-chairs the firm’s recruitment committee, acts as principal to articling students, serves on the technology committee, and mentors associate lawyers.

Memberships and Professional Designations
  • Manitoba Bar Association
  • Taylor McCaffrey is the exclusive Manitoba member of the Employment Law Alliance, the world’s largest and leading management side network of labour and employment lawyers with selected members literally worldwide
  • Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE) – the leading management-side labour and employment lawyers organization in Canada

Positions
  • Community Respite Service Inc., Board Member (June 2014- Present) 
  • Administrative Law Section of the Manitoba Bar Association, Member-at-Large (November 2014 – 2017)
Recognitions
  • Faculty of Law Dean’s Honour List (2010-2011) 
  • Neil James MacDonald Memorial Prize, Criminal Law (2011) 
  • Kimberly Dawn Gusto Memorial Award, Children and the Law (2012)
Author
  • Co-author, “Loose Lips Sink Ships…and Settlements Too?”, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers 10th Annual Conference materials
Lecturer
  • Community Legal Education Association, Instructor on Employment Law (2014 to Present)
Representative Work
  • Fernandes v Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2017 MBCA 96 – Successfully defended appeal of lower court’s decision to stay proceedings.
  • Grant v Electra Sign Ltd, 2018 MBCA 5 – Obtained order overturning lower court’s decision to award employee aggravated damages.
  • Gibson-Peron and Berens River First Nation, Re, 2014 CarswellNat 2983, [2014] C.L.A.D. No. 195 – Successfully obtained an order for unjustly dismissed employee for $124,918.65.
  • Berens River First Nation v. Gibson-Peron, 2015 FC 614 – Successfully defended against judicial review of adjudicator’s decision that employee had been unjustly dismissed.
  • Southern Chiefs Organization Inc. v. Dumas, 2016 FC 837 – Successful judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
  • McIvor and Southern Chiefs Organization Inc., Re, 2014 CarswellNat 4328 – Successfully obtained a dismissal of an unjust dismissal complaint on jurisdictional grounds (employee not employed for at least 12 months).
  • Bruyere and Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc., Re, 2017 CarswellNat 2239, [2017] C.L.A.D. No. 87 – Successfully obtained dismissal of an unjust dismissal complaint on jurisdictional grounds (presumption of provincial regulation of employment relations not rebutted).
  • EM v Downtown Winnipeg Bi, 2014 CanLII 63605 – Successfully defended an appeal under The Workplace Safety and Health Act.
  • The North West Company LP v. Nuttall et al., 2019 MBQB 43 – Successfully obtained judgment for $149,708.62.
  • The North West Company LP v Nuttall et al, 2020 MBCA 11 – Successfully defended against appeal.
  • Masuskapoe v. Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, 2023 FC 124 – Successfully defended against an election appeal.
  • Flett v. Pine Creek First Nation, 2022 FC 805 – Successfully defended against an election appeal.
  • Akhtar v. Canadian Board for Certification of Prosthetists and Orthotists, 2015 MBQB 46 – Successfully defended against application for judicial review.