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Counsel. One of Canada's most respected advocates, the Honorable Ian Binnie served for
nearly 14 years as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Binnie authored more than
170 opinions, including on landmark cases involving issues of patent interpretation and
validity, protection of trade-marks, media law, commercial disputes, punitive damages,
expert evidence and many aspects of constitutional, criminal and administrative law.
Over the course of three decades as a litigator, he argued cases in most of the common-law
provinces and appeared regularly before the Supreme Court on a range of constitutional,
civil and criminal matters.
Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Senior trial/appellate counsel
with a broad civil litigation practice, including corporate/commercial and securities
litigation, IP, defamation and administrative law cases. Has appeared as counsel on a wide
range of leading cases before all levels of court in Canada and in international arbitrations
and other tribunals. Has spoken and written extensively on advocacy and civil litigation.
Has taught advocacy in Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, New Zealand
and El Salvador. Recognized by Lexpert® and Benchmark as one of Canada's leading 25
women litigators. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Foundation; President/Trustee, Harold
G. Fox Education; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, Geneva;
President's Council, University of Ottawa; Advisory Board, Program on Ethics, Business
and the Law, University of Toronto Law School. Recipient of numerous awards, includ-
ing the University of Ottawa's Honorary LLD and Meritas Tabaret Award. LLB (Gold
Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974.
Ian Binnie,
CC, QC
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3737
Fax: (416) 865-9010
Toronto
Sheila R.
Block
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7319
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
ibinnie@litigate.com
sblock@torys.com
Bill Horton practices as an arbitrator and mediator in Canadian and international
business disputes. He has been appointed tribunal chair and sole arbitrator in numer-
ous substantial disputes, including ad hoc and institutional arbitrations involving nuclear
facilities, telecom, aircra engines, satellite and wireless industry disputes, government
privatization contracts, soware licenses and intellectual property. He has served as a
member of the NAFTA 2022 Committee and past Chair of the International Litigation
Committee of the International Bar Association. He has recently been appointed as a
neutral member of the Detroit-Windsor Bridge arbitration panel and as a member of the
arbitration panel of the Independent Electricity Suppliers of Ontario. Horton's profes-
sional recognitions include: the Lionel J. McGowan Award for Excellence in Dispute
Resolution conferred by the ADR Institute (2010); and the International Who's Who
of Business Lawyers (2007) for the "Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals (Global) in
commercial litigation."
William G.
Horton,
CArb, FCIArb
William G.
Horton
Professional
Corporation
Tel: (416) 504-4666
Fax: (416) 504-7257
Toronto
wgh@wghlaw.com
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