Philip Slayton

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Philip Slayton studied law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. In the first chapter of his legal career he was a law professor and dean of law at Western University.

Philip then went into legal practice with a major Canadian law firm in Toronto, and worked on many of the biggest corporate and commercial transactions of the time. After seventeen years, he retired from the practice of law in 2000.

Upon leaving Big Law, Philip Slayton wrote the best-selling book Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession. Philip and his book were the subjects of a Maclean’s magazine cover story with the controversial headline “Lawyers are Rats.” The Toronto Star labelled Slayton “P
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The first independent publication under my “vanity” imprint Oblonsky Editions was the sex-and-murder novel BAY STREET. Oblonsky’s next project is an early chapter book for readers aged six to eight.

“The Adventures of Long-Necked Crane” is a story that my mother Valerie wrote for my daughter when she was young, circa 1980-ish. Our family has always held the story in high regard, and the timing of V Read more of this blog post »
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Lawyers Gone Bad

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Mayors Gone Bad

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Mighty Judgment: How the Su...

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Bay Street

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Nothing Left to Lose: An Im...

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