John T. Morin Q.C.

John Morin has a general litigation practice before a wide variety of courts and tribunals. He is active in commercial, corporate, professional negligence, product liability, shipping matters, class proceedings litigation matters and in a variety of administrative law matters.

John appears regularly as a counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in both the trial and appellate divisions. He has practiced extensively in the Federal Court of Canada both in the trial and appellate divisions. He has argued numerous appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada.

He has appeared often before administrative tribunals such as the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ("CITT") in connection with trade disputes. He has appeared before Bi-National Panels established under the North American Free Trade Agreement to review decisions of the CITT.

John is recognized by Lexpert as a leading practitioner in the areas of commercial litigation, product liability litigation and admiralty litigation. He is listed in Chambers Global and International Who's Who for expertise in commercial litigation. He is also named in the Guide to World's Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers.

John joined the firm as an associate in 1970 and became a partner in 1975. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984.

John lectured in the Bar Admission Course conducted by the Law Society of Upper Canada in civil litigation for ten years. He has been chairman and speaker in continuing legal education programs on topics including product liability, directors' and officers' liability, civil litigation procedure and real estate litigation.

Selected Experience

• Fox-Davies Capital Ltd. v. CEP International Petroleum Ltd., [2007] Y.J. No. 15 (S.C.)
• Puhl v. Katz Group Canada Ltd., [2006] O.J. No. 4596 (S.C.J.)

News

• Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory 2008 – Fasken Martineau garners 69 nominations
• The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008: Fasken Martineau Garners Seventy-Nine Nominations

Presentations

• Insight Information Conference: Bill 198 and Secondary Market Disclosure

Membership/Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Past Commodore, Royal Canadian Yacht Club
• Past Member, National Council of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Law Society of Alberta
• Member, The Advocates' Society
• Past Director, The Advocates' Society
• Member, American Bar Association - Tort & Product Liability Section
• Past President, Marine Club of Canada