Biographical notes for John Michael Murray Roland

Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Litigation (CorpLit) 1992–98

Chair, Shareholder Litigation Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, November 29-30, 1995

"The Nature of the Duty of the Chairperson of an Annual Meeting of Shareholders" (1993) 2 CorpLit 50

"Judicial Activism Through the Oppression Remedy" (1994) 2 CorpLit 90

"When Do Beneficial Shareholders Have the Right to Dissent?" (1995) 3 CorpLit 121

"A Triumph of Form Over Substance" (1997) 1 CorpLit 2

"The Right of a Dissenting Shareholder to Obtain Payment of the Corporation's Offer Before the Hearing or Trial to Fix Fair Value" (1998) 2 CorpLit 106

Born 21 June 1938

Educated McGill University B.Eng. (Chem.) 1960; University of Toronto LL.B. 1964 (Dean's Key 1964; Co-Editor, University of Toronto Student Law Review 1963-64)

Partner (1972–), Billing Management Partner (1985–) and Chairman of the Litigation Department (1987–), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Appointed Queen's Counsel (Ontario) 1982

Associate with present firm 1966-72

Called to the Bar of Ontario 1966

Member, Advocates' Society, Canadian Bar Association, American Bar Association

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Representative, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Inc. 1993–

Speaker, American Bar Association 1988 Annual Meeting

Mr. Roland has litigated disputes arising in many areas of law, acting on behalf of numerous clients, both domestic and foreign, corporate and individual. Today, a substantial portion of his litigation practice is in the corporate-commercial, intellectual property, pension and product liability areas. He has also developed considerable expertise in corporate governance, oppression and valuation cases. Mr. Roland frequently appears in courts at all levels in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada at both the trial and appeal level and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared before administrative tribunals including the Ontario and National Energy Boards, the Ontario Securities Commission and several other administrative tribunals. Noteworthy reported cases include Brant Investments Ltd. v. KeepRite Inc. (1991), 3 O.R. (3d) 289 (Ont. C.A.), aff'g (1983), 44 O.R. (2d) 661 (Ont. H.C.J.) and (1987), 60 O.R. (2d) 469 (Ont. H.C.J.); Seiko Time Canada Ltd. v. Consumers Distributing Co. Ltd. (1984), 54 N.R. 161 (S.C.C.), aff'g (1981), 34 O.R. (2d) 481 (Ont. C.A.); and Jones v. T. Eaton Co., [1973] S.C.R. 635, aff'g [1971] 2 O.R. 316 (Ont. C.A.), aff'g [1970] 3 O.R. 745 (Ont. H.C.J.), sub. nom. Re Bethel.