About John
John helps clients solve their business and personal disputes:Corporate and Commercial Litigation - Business partner and shareholder disputes, breach of contract, environmental contamination disputes, franchise disputes, debt collection, commercial tenancy disputes, construction disputes, real estate disputes, product liability, bankruptcy and receivershipsEstate Litigation - Disputes between heirs/beneficiaries and executors/estate trusteesSports Law - representing amateur hockey and other sport organizations from the local to the national level, as well as athletes regarding internal governance, discipline and dispute resolutionFamily Business Litigation – Corporate divorce between spouses when both their business and marriage partnerships dissolveJohn helps clients resolve their disputes in a variety of ways:Court proceedings, private arbitrations and other tribunalsNegotiationMediationJohn’s court and tribunal experience:Supreme Court of CanadaOntario Court of Appeal, Divisional Court and Superior CourtNunavut Court of JusticeAdministrative tribunalsPrivate arbitrationsOther types of matters John helps his clients with:Appeals – John can assist with appeals before the Ontario Court of Appeal and other appellate courtsProfessional Negligence and Discipline – accountants, lawyers, engineers, real estate agents, financial advisors, insurance brokers, dental hygienists and othersDefamation and Breach of PrivacyEnforcing Foreign Judgments and Jurisdictional IssuesFraudInjunctions and other Extraordinary RemediesJohn is the editor of the firm’s blog entitled “Blaneys Appeals”, which is dedicated to summarizing all civil law decisions released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on a weekly basis. The blog receives several thousand reads a month and is circulated widely through various legal information media, including Mondaq, Lexology, CanLii and the Ontario Bar Association website.John also co-authored two chapters in Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, 2nd ed (CPPO), published by the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). CPPO is a free online annotated version of Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure. John also edits the firm’s Commercial Litigation Update newsletter.
John helps clients solve their business and personal disputes:
John helps clients resolve their disputes in a variety of ways:
John’s court and tribunal experience:
Other types of matters John helps his clients with:
John is the editor of the firm’s blog entitled “Blaneys Appeals”, which is dedicated to summarizing all civil law decisions released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on a weekly basis. The blog receives several thousand reads a month and is circulated widely through various legal information media, including Mondaq, Lexology, CanLii and the Ontario Bar Association website.
John also co-authored two chapters in Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, 2nd ed (CPPO), published by the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). CPPO is a free online annotated version of Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure. John also edits the firm’s Commercial Litigation Update newsletter.