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smakuch@casselsbrock.com
Telephone: 416 869 5977
Fax: 416 640 3021
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
Canada
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Stanley M. Makuch
Stan has represented a number of major private and public sector clients including: University of Toronto, Friedman Equities Ltd., Laidlaw Environmental, Waste Management (Canada) Inc., Edilcan Development Corporation, Parallax Land Corporation, Canadian Tire Real Estate Limited, Plazacorp Investments, Skydome, IPCF (Loblaws), Queensville Properties Inc., City of Toronto, Town of Georgina, Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Town of East Gwillimbury, City of York, County of Dufferin, Town of Innisfil, Hamilton Harbour Commissioners, Scarborough Public Utilities Commission, Town of Markham, Town of Port Hope and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
He has extensive experience before the Ontario Municipal Board, the Environmental Assessment Board and the courts.
Stan is the author of a number of books and articles including Canadian Municipal and Planning Law (Carswell), cited by the Supreme Court of Canada; Municipal Licensing (U of T Press); and The Spills Bill: Duties Rights and Obligations (Butterworths). He is also the founding editor of The Municipal and Planning Law Reports.
He was Vice Chair of the Committee of Adjustment of the City of Toronto and a member of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission and the City of Toronto Planning Board. He was also Professor of Law and Planning at the University of Toronto as well as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law and currently is Adjunct Professor of Law and Planning at the University of Toronto.
Education
LL.M., Harvard University, 1972
LL.B., Osgoode Hall, York University, 1971
M.A., Carleton University, 1968
B.A. Hons., University of Toronto, 1967
Achievements
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 (Real Estate Law)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2009 (Real Estate Law)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 (Real Estate Law)
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV PreeminentTM rating
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2007
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2006/2007 (Real Estate Law)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2005
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2004
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2003
Call to the bar
Ontario, 1976Associations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Toronto Lawyers Association
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Publications and Resources
In The News
21 Cassels Brock Lawyers Named in Lexpert's 2010 Directory
St. Catharines' The Standard Mentions Cassels Brock's Defense of Smoking By-Law (contact Stan Makuch or Signe Leisk)
25 Cassels Brock Lawyers Ranked in Best Lawyers in Canada 2010
Presentations
Newsletters
Ontario Superior Court of Justice Holds that Town of Newmarket Violated Circus Producer’s Charter and Procedural Fairness Rights (Contact Signe Leisk, Municipal, Planning & Environmental Group)
Changes to Ontario’s Brownfield Regulation (Contact Municipal, Planning & Environmental Group member Signe Leisk)
Municipal, Planning & Environment Group e-LERT - May 2009
- City of Toronto Zoning By-law Project: Draft New Zoning By-law




