Full time practise of law since 1983 with Chown Cairns, now with Lancaster Chown & Welch.  

John’s Real Estate and Property Law experience includes: Residential, commercial, agricultural, recreational and public property transactions; Leasing, Licensing; Non-resident transactions; Estate transactions; Land severances; Municipal land use development; and Mortgages.

John’s Wills & Estates experience includes: Will and trust drafting; Trusts for Special Needs Beneficiaries; Succession and Estate planning; Application of real property and corporate law to lifetime and testamentary asset use and transfers, and estate administration; and Estate dispute resolution. 

John’s Corporate/Commercial & Business Law experience includes: Business purchases and sales; Asset and share transactions; Incorporation and representation of businesses and not-for-profit corporations; Banking; Secured transactions; Negotiating and drafting contracts for services, sales, distribution, and agency; and Licenses and Franchises.