PAST CASES
I have been involved as an articling student, junior lawyer, and senior counsel in land use planning issues since 1975. Many changes in attitudes and regulatory landscapes have occurred over these many years but, for a lawyer, the constant is the need for preparation, organization, and studied advocacy in advancing client causes. The Ideal is to achieve the client's goal at the level of the first approval authority, whether it be a committee of adjustment, land severance committee, delegate, municipal council, Minister, or one of a myriad of other approving bodies at every level of government. Appeals involve untoward expense and uncertainty. Below are lists of cases in which I acted as senior counsel. The list entries are linked to each case and one and all may be perused for information.
OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING APPEALS
Township of the Archipelago_Blackrock Estates Limited
Town of Markham_Olympia & York
City of Scarborough_Chinese Baptist Church
Weston Presbyterian Church_City Of York
Landrex Holmes Ltd. v. Eramosa (Township)
Vaughan (Town) Parkway Belt West Plan
City of Stratford_Tri-County Homes
Town of Ajax_783751 Ontario
County of Oxford_Enterprise
Town of Pickering_Gleed Motor Holdings
City of Scarborough_Lutheran Church
Town of Ancaster_Loblaws Price Club
Town of Whitby_Invar Kose
City of Stratford_Campbell Institute
City of Stratford_Loblaws
Innisfil (Town) Official Plan Amendment No. 10
City of Toronto_Aragon
Oxford (County) Official Plan Amendment No. 44
City of Kawartha Lakes v Marquis Wall
Oxnard v Town of Whitby
COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS
Bandiera v DiGenova
City of North York v Bernardi
City of Etobicoke_South Beach Investments
City of North York_DiGenova
City of Scarborough_Queenswood Auto Enterprises
Town of Oakville_Neilson
Township of Dysart_Demetrick
County of Wellington_Lacombe
City of Toronto_Midov
Town of Whitby_Invar Kose
City of Toronto_Kidd
City of Toronto_Papadakis
COURT CASES
Loblaws Inc. v. Ancaster
Loblaws Inc. v. Ancaster (Town) Chief Building Official
Town of Ancaster v Loblaws Price Club
Delmar International Inc. v. DRP Transportation
OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING APPEALS
Township of the Archipelago_Blackrock Estates Limited
Town of Markham_Olympia & York
City of Scarborough_Chinese Baptist Church
Weston Presbyterian Church_City Of York
Landrex Holmes Ltd. v. Eramosa (Township)
Vaughan (Town) Parkway Belt West Plan
City of Stratford_Tri-County Homes
Town of Ajax_783751 Ontario
County of Oxford_Enterprise
Town of Pickering_Gleed Motor Holdings
City of Scarborough_Lutheran Church
Town of Ancaster_Loblaws Price Club
Town of Whitby_Invar Kose
City of Stratford_Campbell Institute
City of Stratford_Loblaws
Innisfil (Town) Official Plan Amendment No. 10
City of Toronto_Aragon
Oxford (County) Official Plan Amendment No. 44
City of Kawartha Lakes v Marquis Wall
Oxnard v Town of Whitby
COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS
Bandiera v DiGenova
City of North York v Bernardi
City of Etobicoke_South Beach Investments
City of North York_DiGenova
City of Scarborough_Queenswood Auto Enterprises
Town of Oakville_Neilson
Township of Dysart_Demetrick
County of Wellington_Lacombe
City of Toronto_Midov
Town of Whitby_Invar Kose
City of Toronto_Kidd
City of Toronto_Papadakis
COURT CASES
Loblaws Inc. v. Ancaster
Loblaws Inc. v. Ancaster (Town) Chief Building Official
Town of Ancaster v Loblaws Price Club
Delmar International Inc. v. DRP Transportation