Ken Strong - Curriculum Vitae

Office

Strong MacDougall Oudekerk,
1214-130 Dufferin Ave., London, ON N6A 5R2
E-mail: strong@municipallawyers.ca
Phone: 519 672 3535 Ext. 23

Area of Practice

Municipal Law
Expropriations Law
Land Use Planning Law

Education

B.Sc.(Hons.) [University of Guelph]
LL.B. (with distinction) [University of Western Ontario]
B.C.L. (with distinction) [Oxford University]
Called to the Bar in Ontario 2000

Selected Reported Decisions

Re City of Stratford Zoning By-law 128-2000 (2001), 42 O.M.B.R. 268 (O.M.B.)
Burwell v. Tillsonburg (Town) (2002), 35 M.P.L.R. (3d) 72 (S.C.J.)
Heath v. Tillsonburg (Town) (2003), 63 O.R. (3d) 366; (2003), 40 M.P.L.R. 64 (S.C.J.)
Tillsonburg (Town) Zoning By-law No. 3032 (Re) (2003), 45 O.M.B.R. 191, 49 M.P.L.R. (3d) 311 (O.M.B.)
Pitblado v. Oakville (Town) (2003), 81 L.C.R. 140 (O.M.B.); (2005), 88 L.C.R. 121 (O.M.B.); (2006), 90 L.C.R. 156 (O.M.B.); (2006), 92 L.C.R. 122 (O.M.B.); (2007) 92 L.C.R. 126 (O.M.B.)
Silgold Developments v. RRL Burloak Inc. (2005), 16 M.P.L.R. (4th) 227 (Ont. Div. Ct.)
Murfin v. Ontario (Ministry of Transportation) (2006), 90 L.C.R. 115 (O.M.B.)
Spina v. London (City) Committee of Adjustment (2006), 54 O.M.B.R. 333 (O.M.B.)
Rodriguez Holding Corp. v. Vaughan (City) (2007), 32 M.P.L.R. (4th) 190, 92 L.C.R. 238 (Ont. C.A.)
Re Hydro One Networks Inc. (2007), 96 L.C.R. 23 (O.E.B.)
G & S Electric Ltd. v. Devlan Construction Ltd. v. Tillsonburg (Town) 2008 CarswellOnt 3018 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Re Fowler 2009 CarswellOnt 1433 (O.M.B.)

Selected Publications

K.R. Strong, “Municipalities, Costs, and the OMB” Municipal World 113:1 (January 2003) 27
K.R. Strong, “Bouncing the BIA: An all too familiar tune” Municipal World 113:3 (March 2003) 27
K.R. Strong, “Roles of Municipal Councils, Officers and Staff in Ontario: New Municipal Act Redefines the Front Lines” Municipal World 113:7 (July 2003) 27
K.R. Strong, “Defamation” Municipal World 113:12 (December 2003) 25
K.R. Strong, “Municipal Law” in Operation Update 2004 (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association, 2004) Tab 12
K.R. Strong, “Supreme Endorsement of Municipal Councils’ Authority” Municipal World 115:3 (March 2005) 35
K.R. Strong, “Proving Equivalent Reinstatement” Ontario Expropriation Association Newsletter (Spring 2005) 1
K.R. Strong, Dell Holdings, Disturbance Damages, and the Temptations of Palm Tree Justice (2005), 10 M.P.L.R. (4th) 207, 33 R.P.R. (4th) 173
K.R. Strong, “Kelo v. New London and the Availability of Economic Development Expropriations in Ontario” in Provincial Fingers in the Pie—Flexing Muscles over the Power to Plan (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association 2006 Institute Municipal Law, 2006) Tab 12
K.R. Strong, “Economic Development Expropriations: A tool for Ontario municipalities?” Municipal World 116:5 (May 2006) 29
K.R. Strong, “Municipal Vice: A Councillor’s Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins” Municipal World 116:11 (November 2006) 51
K.R. Strong, “Listening for the Kelo Echo: Examining Economic Development Expropriations in Ontario in Light of the United States Supreme Court’s Decision in Kelo v. New London” in Ontario Expropriation Association 2006 Fall Seminar (Toronto: Ontario Expropriation Association, 2006) Tab 2
K.R. Strong, “Keeping Councillors Out of the Jailhouse and the Poorhouse” Municipal World 117:7 (July 2007) 5
K. R. Strong and C. R. Brandow, “Yorkville North Developments Ltd. v. Toronto (City): A Property Value Witness Without Property in the Witness” Ontario Expropriation Association Newsletter (Fall 2007) 3
K. R. Strong, “A Review of the Approach of Ontario Law to Injurious Affection Where No Land Is Taken” in Ontario Expropriation Association 2007 Fall Seminar (Toronto: Ontario Expropriation Association, 2007) Tab 7
K. R. Strong, “Heading the Round Table: Role of the Mayor in Municipal Government” Municipal World 118:4 (April 2008) 5
C.R. Brandow and K. Strong, “Ordering Compliance with Orders to Comply” Municipal World 118:7 (July 2008) 29
K. R. Strong, “The Enduring and Inconvenient Legacy of the Crichel Down Affair” Ontario Expropriation Association Newsletter (Fall 2008) 1
K.R. Strong, “Binding Questions: Is the Municipality Bound?” Municipal World 119:4 (April 2009) 29
K.R. Strong, “Role of Legislative By-laws in Regulating Behaviour” Municipal World 115:5 (May 2009) 37
K.R. Strong, “Update on Municipal Law” Middlesex Law Association New Developments in Corporate Law (11 June 2009) Tab 3

Relevant Professional Activities

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario

Professor of Municipal Law and/or Land Use Planning Law 2003-20011

Director, Ontario Expropriation Association
Numerous published legal articles

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