Sept. 15, 2022 - A February 16, 2021 decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held, in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, 520 F. Supp. 3d 390, that lenders who received almost $900 million mistakenly wired to them by Citibank (the administrative agent...
John McCamus
Affiliated Scholar
Expertise
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 1973
John brings more than 40 years of legal experience to our clients’ complex private law issues. He advises on a broad range of transactions and litigation matters. Clients value his practical and thoughtful solutions.
A former dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, John is known globally for his extensive research and creative teaching. He has specific expertise in restitution law, contract law, commercial law and information practices law. Before joining the faculty at Osgoode, John articled with a Toronto firm and served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Laskin.
Clients rely on John as an expert witness in Ontario law in cases in Canada, Europe and the U.S. He acts for clients at various levels of court in Ontario and at the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, John has significant experience as an adjudicator in human rights and labour disputes and as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.
John McCamus
Affiliated Scholar
Expertise
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 1973
John brings more than 40 years of legal experience to our clients’ complex private law issues. He advises on a broad range of transactions and litigation matters. Clients value his practical and thoughtful solutions.
A former dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, John is known globally for his extensive research and creative teaching. He has specific expertise in restitution law, contract law, commercial law and information practices law. Before joining the faculty at Osgoode, John articled with a Toronto firm and served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Laskin.
Clients rely on John as an expert witness in Ontario law in cases in Canada, Europe and the U.S. He acts for clients at various levels of court in Ontario and at the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, John has significant experience as an adjudicator in human rights and labour disputes and as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.
A One-in-a-Billion (-Dollar) Mistake
Mar. 23, 2021 - Last year, Citibank made what was likely the costliest bank error in history. To the astonishment of many observers, a U.S. federal court in New York, in a decision released on February 16, 2021, allowed the recipients of Citibank’s mistaken largesse to keep the money. The story has attracted...
(Un)Fettered Contractual Rights and Discretion
Mar. 03, 2021 - How can the exercise of seemingly unfettered contractual rights and discretionary powers ever constitute a breach of contract if exercising such a power (even opportunistically) is merely doing what the other party agreed it could do? Two recent companion decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada...
Class Actions: Gambling on a Novel Cause of Action May Not Be a Winner
July 29, 2020 - In Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v Babstock, 2020 SCC 19 (Babstock), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) clarifies the contentious doctrine of “waiver of tort” and provides helpful guidance on the way courts should assess novel claims at the stage of certification of a proposed...
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice—Justice Medal (2019)
Canadian Bar Association—Walter Owen Book Prize
Law Society of Ontario—Law Society Medal (2002)
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General—David Walter Mundell Medal (Excellence in Legal Literature) (1990)
Ontario, 1973
University of Toronto, LLB
University of Western Ontario, BA (Philosophy)
Canadian Association of Law Teachers
Canadian Civil Liberties Association, chair
Legal Aid Ontario, former chair
Ontario Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board, former chair
American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment 3d, Advisory Committee
Committee of Canadian Law Deans, former chair
Committee of Ontario Law Deans, former chair
Ontario Civil Justice Review, Committee on Fundamental Issues, former co-chair
Ontario Law Reform Commission, former chair
John is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was also the dean of Osgoode Hall Law School.
