John is a trial and appellate lawyer with 30 plus years representing and advising governments, regulatory agencies and businesses. He has argued cases before municipal councils, administrative tribunals, all levels of trial and appeal courts in Ontario, the Alberta Queen’s Bench Division, the trial and appeal level of the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.
John has decades of administrative decision-making experience having served as a Vice Chair of the Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal, a Deputy Mining and Lands Commissioner and a Presiding Member of the Electrical Safety Authority’s Review Panel.
JOHN'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
- Property assessment and taxation
- Agricultural commodity legislation and regulation
- Federal-Provincial agreements
- Expropriations
- Defending professional negligence claims
- Partnership and shareholder disputes
- Construction, leasing and property disputes
- Constitutional litigation
