Paul Manning is a partner at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and an Environmental Law Specialist, Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

He holds a Masters degree in Environmental Law and obtained a U.K. accreditation as an expert in Planning Law.

Paul’s practice focuses on three main areas

• Tribunal and Appellate Advocacy - Paul appears regularly before tribunals, including the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Ontario Energy Board and the Ontario Municipal Board. He also appears before the courts in appellate and Charter hearings.
• Regulatory - Paul represents clients in environmental regulatory matters, including approvals, compliance, enforcement and defense to prosecution. He also represents clients in energy regulatory matters including rate, supply mix, conservation, and infrastructure proceedings.
• Green Energy Law - Paul has a special expertise in green energy law. He advises clients on the impacts of the Ontario Green Energy Act and Green Economy Act, and on anticipated provincial, national and international climate change regulation. His clients include renewable energy generators, industrial corporations, municipalities and aboriginal groups. Paul holds a Certificate in Carbon Finance from the University of Toronto.

Paul is on the Executive Committee of the National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and on the Environmental Sub-Committee of the Ontario Energy Association.

Paul has spoken on environmental issues nationally and internationally and has produced articles for publication in legal periodicals in both Canada and the United Kingdom.

• Certificate in Carbon Finance, University of Toronto, Centre for Environment, 2008
• LL.M. in Environmental Law, De Montfort University, England. 2000
• Called to the Bar of Ontario, 2004
• Admission as a Solicitor, England, 1978
• LL.B., University College London, England, 1976

• The Green Energy Act Regulations, September 2009
• Municipalities and the Green Energy Act: Benefits, Burdens and the Loss of Power, August, 2009
• The Green Energy Act – The Devil in the Detail, July 2009
• Speedy Passage for Green Energy Act, Canadian Property Management, June 2009
• Ontario Moves to Replace Environmental Assessment for Renewable Energy Projects with Streamlined Approval Process, June 2009
• Ontario Quickly Passes Green Energy Act with Some Interesting Revisions, May 2009
• Ontario Prepares Legislative Groundwork for GHG cap-and-trade system, May 2009
• Ontario Government Introduces the Green Energy Act, February 2009
• Kyoto if necessary, but not necessarily Kyoto, Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine, September 2006
• Thou shall not spill : Civil penalties for environmental non-compliance are a growing trend, Len Griffiths and Paul Manning, Hazardous Materials Management Magazine, April/May 2005
• Peoples Department Stores Inc. v. Wise: a Seat at the Boardroom Table for the Environment?, Gray Taylor and Paul Manning, CBA Eco-bulletin, March 2005
• Listed Building Consent - A crash course in compliance, Property Law Journal 11 19, January, 2004 England
• Listed Buildings - Let the Buyer Beware, International Bar Association - Real Estate Law Committee - Newsletter - 15th Issue - 2004
• Transborder Guidelines relating to Environmental Issues in International Construction and Utility Projects in the Developing World, International Business Lawyer (A publication of the International Bar Association), April 2003

• Ontario Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association – Member of the Executive Committee of the National Environmental, Energy and Resources law section
• Ontario Energy Association – Member of Environmental Sub-Committee
• Ontario Energy Network
• Lambda Alpha – International Land Economics Society

• The Canadian Institute, Environmental Law & Regulation, 2009, Toronto, Canada
• The Canadian Institute, 9th Annual Advanced Administrative Law & Practice, 2009, Toronto, Canada
• Envirogate Event Management, ABC’s of Practical Air & GHG Emissions Compliance, 2008, Toronto, Ontario
• Council for Clean and Reliable Electricity, the Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy Conference, Distributed Generation and The Future of Ontario’s Electricity Grid, 2008 Waterloo, Canada
• Ontario Energy Association 2008 Energy Leaders Roundtable, 2008, Toronto, Canada
• Canadian Institute Fundamentals of Environmental Law 2006-2008 Toronto, Canada
• CANECT Conference 2005-2008 Toronto, Canada
• Templegate Conference, 2005 - 2007 Toronto, Canada
• Canadian Institute – Renewable Energy Project Development Conference, 2007 Toronto, Canada
• Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association 2006 and 2007 Toronto, Canada
• Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink, IBA Annual Conference, San Francisco USA, 2003
• Trans-Border Guidelines Relating to Environmental Issues in International Construction and Utility Projects in the Developing World, IBA Annual Conference, 2002 Durban South Africa, 2002

• Environmental Management
• Land Use Planning & Development
• Energy Law