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Thomas Corbett
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Thomas Corbett

Published Articles and Papers

  • Environmental Law, Cases & Materials, University of Western Ontario Law School, 1994
  • Construction Waste Management Handbook, in association with members of the London and District Construction Association, London District Heavy Construction Association and the London Home Builders' Association, June 1994
  • ISO 14000 and the Law, KPMG Seminar Series, 1999
  • Current Standards for Directors and Officers, Ontario Bar Association, part of the series "The Ever Expanding Directors' and Officers' Liability Landscape, Toronto, December, 2003
  • The Winding-Up Alternative, Canadian Bar Association, part of the series "The Owner Managed Company ", London, May, 2000
  • Bill 133, Environmental Enforcement Statute Law Amendment Act, for the Centre for Health, Environment, Safety, March, 2005
  • Environmental Penalties and the Environmental Enforcement Statute Law Amendment Act, for the Centre for Health, Environment, Safety, October, 2005
  • Professional Liability Issues, for the Canadian Association of Financial Planners, June, 2000
  • "SWAT" Investigations, Powers of the Ministry of Environment Special Investigations Unit, for the Environmental and Management Resource Centre for Business, London March, 2001
  • Due Diligence, for the London And Regional Emergency Management Mutual Aid Council, March, 1998
  • Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation, for the Environmental and Management Resource Centre for Business, London, March, 2000
  • Bill 82, An Act to Strengthen Environmental Protection and Enforcement in Ontario, for the Environmental and Management Resource Centre for Business, London, April, 1999

Significant Unpublished Recent Opinions

  • Breach of fiduciary duty by court-appointed receiver, 2006
  • Court-appointed receiver of landlord and commercial tenancy, 2006
  • Arbitration, incapacity of arbitrator during arbitration, 2006
  • Rescission remedies in contracts for the purchase of contaminated real estate, 2005
  • Professional negligence of engineers engaged in environmental property assessments, 2006
  • Assessment of damages for contaminated real estate, 2006
  • Construction specifications for fill and contaminated real estate, 2006
  • Municipal corporations and contaminated real estate, 2005
  • Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation, for large manufacturing corporations, 2002
  • Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation, for large agricultural corporations, 1995
  • Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation, for large financial institutions, 1995, 1996
  • Restrictions on the right to sue in public-sector contracts, Charter of Rights issues, 2005
  • Franchise law, franchise territories and the obligations of good faith and fair dealing, 2006
  • Arbitration; Costs of arbitration, 2005
  • Arbitration; the effect of incapacity of an arbitrator, 2006
  • Arbitration; appeals on a question of law and jurisdictional challenges to the arbitrator, 2005
  • Arbitration; concurrent jurisdiction of the courts, 2004
  • Mortgages; complex mortgage remedies in commercial real estate; 2005