Lecturing and speaking
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The Neighbours Next Door Nasty, Neighbours: Noise and Nuisance OBA,
December 5, 2006.
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In Camera Meetings, When Are They Lawful OBA, CLE, June 6, 2006
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Boundaries: Where To Draw The Line, Nasty Neighbours III: Return Of The
Feuding, OBA, June 10, 2004
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Impact of the Municipal Act, 2001, OBA, December 12, 2003
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Civil Litigation Update - Suits and the City, Carelton County Law Association,
Montebello P.Q., November 28, 2003
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Operation Update, Municipal Law -OBA, October 3, 2003
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Love Thy Neighbour - Tips and Techniques for Balancing Individual and
Community Rights: Creating Enforceable Municipal By-laws, Canadian
Institute, October 2, 2003
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Municipal Act, 2001: Roads and Highways II, OBA, June 9, 2003
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Managing Your Obligations Under The Safe Drinking Water Act: Personal
Liability for Directors and Officers of the Water System, The Canadian Institute,
April 8, 2003
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Municipal Act, 2001: New Powers to Regulate Nuisance and Environmental
Impacts, OBA Institute 2003, Environmental Law Program, March 21, 2003
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Counsel at Municipal Council: Municipal Freedom of Information, OBA Institute
2003, Municipal Law Program, March 20, 2003
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Fences: Neighbourhood Friends or Foes?, CBAO Continuing Legal Education,
Nasty Neighbours II Program, May 2000
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Municipal Law Including Mega City, CBAO, Operation Update, September 1997
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Advising Clients on Municipal Legislative Changes, Article in CBAO's Briefly
Speaking, August 1997
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Land Use Planning and Protection Act, 1996 (Bill 20) An Overview, Law Society
of Upper Canada, Continuing Legal Education and Canadian Bar Association -
Ontario, Joint Program entitled "Bills 20 & 26 'Common Sense' and Sensibility",
June 1996
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Changes to the Planning Act: A Legal Perspective, Ontario Association of
Committees of Adjustment and Consent Authorities, Workshop, March 1996
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Appeals Under the Building Code Act, A Review of the Statutory and Case Law
since 1988, Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Institute of Continuing Legal
Education, January 1996
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Collecting and Refunding Municipal Taxes, Law Society of Upper Canada,
Continuing Legal Education, also Chair of the Program which was entitled
"Municipalities and Money", May 1994
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Building Code Act - Recent Amendments, Canadian Bar Association - Ontario,
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 1994
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Case Summary on Loblaws and Fortino's Supermarket Limited v. Ancaster
(Town), Article in Municipal World, 1993
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Establishing the Amount of Municipal Building Permit Fees, Cost Recovery or
Revenue Production, Article in Municipal World, 1993
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Do Fences Make Good Neighbours?, The Canadian Bar Association - Ontario,
1992 Institute, January 1992
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The Municipal Perspective on Water Issues - Beyond 'Hot Water', The
Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Continuing Legal Education, February
1991
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Bill 103 - The New Ontario Building Code Act, The Law Society of Upper
Canada, Municipal Law Update, October 1990
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Municipal Law, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990
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Legal Concerns of the Public Health Inspection, The District, Municipal and
Regional Solicitors' Association, The Association of Local Official Health
Agencies, December 1988
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Real Estate and Municipal Law, Getting Your Building Permit under Section 15
of the Ontario Building Code Act, The Canadian Institute, November 1988
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The Planning Act, 1983, Five Years Later, Subdivision Process - An Overview,
Canadian Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, October 1988
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How to Attack Municipal By-laws in Court and How to Take a Municipality to
Court When You Don't Get Your Building Permit, Law Society of Upper Canada,
April 1988
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The Planning Act, 1983 - Nearly Five Years Later, Canadian Bar Association
1988 Institute on Continuing Legal Education, February 1988
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Bill 20 Provisions Affecting Appeal Procedures, Insight Seminar, February 1996
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Regulations and By-laws Real Laws in the Real World, Co-Chair, Canadian
Institute for the Administration of Justice Seminar, November 1995
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OMB Practice - Non-Hearing Dispute Resolution, Insight Seminar, June 1995
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Bill 163 the Planning and Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act, 1994,
Municipal Electric Association, Legal Matters Seminar, December 1994
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Planning and Development Reform in Ontario, Insight Seminar, September
1993
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Advanced Unit Municipal Law A.M.C.T.O. Course, Mohawk College, 1989, 1991
and 1992
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Administrative Law Program, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1988
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1988 Institute on Continuing Legal Education, Canadian Bar Association
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Municipal Electric Association Seminars
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Property Standards Officers Association Annual Meetings, 1983 - 1985
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Enforcement of Municipal By-laws, Seneca College
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Drafting Municipal by-laws, Seneca College
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Business Law Course, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1973 - 1974
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