About the Author
John A. Willes is an Ontario Barrister and Solicitor, and Emeritus Professor of Labour Relations and Business Law at the School of Business, Queen's University.
He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1960, and joined the faculty of Queen's University on a full-time basis in 1969, where he assumed responsibility for the business law program.
Throughout his teaching career, he carried on an extensive commercial and labour arbitration practice, practised law as Counsel to a Kingston, Ontario, law firm, and from 1986 to 2000, acted as a Vice-Chair of the Ontario Public Service Grievance Board. During his long career as a lawyer, he has provided legal advice to many clients with extensive business interests in Canada, the United States, and abroad. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel by theLieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario in 1984.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto.
Other Works:
Contemporary Canadian Business Law (11th ed.)
(McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
Contemporary Canadian Labour Relations
(McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
Canadian Labour Relations
(Prentice Hall)
International Business Law
(McGraw-Hill, U.S.A., 2004)
Co-author with John H. Willes
Fundamentals of Canadian Business Law (2nd ed.)
(McGraw Hill Ryerson, 2008)
Co-author with John H. Willes
Contemporary Canadian Business Law
(McGraw Hill Education, 2020)
Co-author with John H. Willes