J.A. Prestage

J.A. has litigated some of the leading cases in Ontario relating to pension and trust matters including:

• MacDougall v Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in which attempts to certify a significant pension class action was defeated

• Aegon Canada Inc. v. ING Canada Inc to successfully enforce indemnity under pension related representations and warranties in a Share Purchase Agreement

• Lennon v. Superintendent of Financial Services to successfully defend challenge by plan members to asset transfer between pension plans

• Martin v. Barrett et al., to defend class action against plan custodian related to underfunding of a multi-employer pension plan

• McMaster University v. Robb, Reichhold Limited v. Wong Reichhold Limited v. Boyer Paramount Pictures (Canada) Inc. v Dillon to obtain court approval of surplus distributions to plan sponsors

J.A. is recognized as a leading lawyer in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 (Employee Benefits Law).

In 1989/90, J.A. was appointed assistant counsel to the Commission of Inquiry to the Relationship between Certain Individuals and Corporations and Elected and Unelected Public Officials, which was an Ontario judicial inquiry headed by The Honourable Mr. Justice Lloyd Houlden.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 1987
LLM, University of London (L.S.E.) – 1985
LLB, University of Toronto – 1984