Julian brings his vast wealth of legal knowledge to ensure that Ensight's consultants and clients navigate the new political landscape while conforming to the intricate requirements of the new Accountability Act.
Julian has practiced litigation exclusively since 1964 and is recognized by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in civil litigation. He has appeared before all levels of Court, in every kind of civil, commercial and criminal proceeding. He acts as defense counsel for professionals and he is fond of appearing before juries.
Julian's litigation experience includes: the Dubin Inquiry into Ben Johnson; the Winnipeg police inquiry; the Toronto Sun's official secret prosecution in respect to Peter Worthington; the Walker Brothers v. CTV libel case which led to huge damages; the Patti Starr inquiry; the Reichmann family v. Toronto Life libel case; Karlheinz Schreiber v. Luc Lavoie; Tony Clement v. Dalton McGuinty; Lee Kuan Yew v. The Globe and Mail; Randolph Fiennes v. Allan Fotheringham and St. John Shipbuiliding Ltd. v. CTV. He has defended many of Canada's leading writers, publishers and magazines in libel matters and has acted for a large number of plaintiffs suing newspapers and television stations.
In his career, Julian has examined a member of the Milosovic cabinet in Moscow. He acted with two counsel in Canada's last murder trial which resulted in a hanging. He acted in numerous obscenity cases; he persuaded a Court to take the ribbons off Michael Snow's geese in the Eaton Centre; he persuaded a Court that his wife's publishing house had not breached L. Ron Hubbard's copyright and he defended an accused in the dredging case - a two year criminal jury trial. On behalf of Peter Newman and Jack McClelland, he convinced a Judge to allow felt pens to be used by the publisher to eliminate an offending sentence in a book rather than withdraw the publication.
Julian Porter has conducted prosecutions, was counsel to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for 20 years and he has appeared as counsel in numerous Royal Commissions. His law practice is described in the books In Court and Judges by Jack Batten and Ontario.
