Paul Henry graduated from Trinity College, University of Toronto with a B.A. in 1969 and with an LL.B. from University of Toronto Law School in 1972.  He articled with Chappell Bushell Stewart and was called to the bar in 1974.  He has been counsel on over 60 major civil and criminal trials and administrative board hearings.

Paul has acted on behalf of numerous personal claimants and plaintiffs, developers and public agencies including Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Regional Municipality of Peel, the Regional Municipality of Durham, the County of Northumberland, the Town of Richmond Hill, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Ontario Realty Corporation.

Paul has been a frequent lecturer to the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Expropriation Association, the Investigative and Forensic Accounting Diploma Program and to the Ontario Municipal Board.  He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Expropriation Association and the Advocates Society.

Paul is frequently counsel for owners of expropriated properties and expropriating authorities.  He has been involved in many major projects including the Pickering Airport, the North Pickering Project, the Humber Bay Shores (Motel Strip), the Port Union Linear Park and the widening and construction of Highways 401, 427, 407, 410, 416, 69, 7, 6 and the Queen Elizabeth Way.

He has been counsel in the former County and Supreme Court, the Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Publications:

• Editor for a newsletter with respect to expropriation

James was called to the bar in 1992. He has worked his entire career at Chappell Bushell Stewart LLP, practicing family law and civil litigation. He is a partner.

In his nineteen-year career, James has accumulated a great deal of experience, appearing in court in a wide variety of cases.

James’ approach to litigation is practical. He understands the costs and stress of litigation. He resolves his clients’ cases fairly, and in a cost efficient manner. In any litigation, a cost / benefit analysis should be done before taking any significant step.

James is a supporter of alternatives to the traditional litigation route. In particular, James has had success with “Mediation / Arbitration” which is an increasingly popular way of resolving family law cases.

James has significant experience outside the area of family law. He regularly works in the area of defamation, wrongful dismissal, collections, and commercial litigation.

James is a member of the Advocate’s Society and the Ontario Bar Association.

James speaks at continuing education programs offered by the Ontario Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada.

James was the co-chair of the “Family Law Institute,” a significant continuing legal education program to be offer by the OBA in February 2009.

James is the editor of O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms – Family Law.

Robert Lawson is a partner at Chappell Bushell Stewart LLP. Robert practices in the areas of family law and civil litigation, particularly in expropriation. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Expropriation Association and the Advocates’ Society. Rob participates in the Advocates’ Society Court of Appeal pro bono programme. Rob is a graduate of York University and the University of Toronto Law School.