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John has appeared before all levels of courts in Ontario, including counsel work before the Ontario Court of Appeal. As well, he has appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal, New Brunswick Queen’s Bench and a wide variety of administrative tribunals. John is qualified as an arbitrator through the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, England.

John is a member of the Civil Rules Committee, having been appointed by the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The committee is responsible for drafting and revising the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Province of Ontario.

In addition to his law practice, John was appointed chairman of the Special Sub-Committee of the Civil Rules Committee by the Associate Chief Justice of Ontario for the implementation of the simplified rules that came into force in March of 1996.

John is a frequent lecturer on issues of procedure and trial advocacy and spent a number of years as an instructor of trial advocacy with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.