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WEB4 days ago · Dealing with mental health issues as a lawyer in a town where (almost) everyone knows your name. Ontario law news, featuring analysis, breaking cases, ongoing litigation, a daily newsletter, and everything else today's Ontario-based lawyer needs to …
Ontario Superior Court approves $4.5 million settlement in …
WEB4 days ago · The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has approved a $4.5 million settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a 17-year-old boy who sustained a serious brain injury shortly after his birth. The defendants in Hughes v. Peterborough Regional Health Centre, 2024 ONSC 4957 included the ...
New Ontario Court of Justice judges: Dana Haklander, Veronica …
WEB6 days ago · Justice Thomas was most recently a deputy Crown attorney at the York Region Crown Attorney's Office. Before that, she prosecuted cases in the Superior Court and the Ontario Court of Justice as an assistant Crown attorney in Kitchener, Etobicoke, and York Region from 2012–19.
Ontario Superior Court awards over $1.1 million in costs and …
WEB4 days ago · Jury awards damages to motorcyclist for serious injuries in motor vehicle accident. BY Bernise Carolino 18 Sep 2024. The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has awarded over $1.1 million in costs, pre-judgment interest, and post-judgment interest to the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident case following a jury verdict. The case was Pye v.
Ontario Superior Court finds negligence in treatment of asthma …
WEB4 days ago · The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has ruled that an internal medicine specialist breached the standard of care in her treatment of a patient who experienced an acute asthma attack and suffered a brain injury. The case was Gumbley v. Vasiliou, 2024 ONSC 4858. In October 2014, the patient ...
Family lawyers react to the new family lawyer legal service provider ...
WEBDec 16, 2022 · Alexander organized an online petition to call on the courts to shift back to online hearings, which has more than 1,400 lawyers signed on, and he and others recently met with Attorney General Doug Downey to discuss the issue.. Rather than enabling FLSPs to practice family law, resources should be directed toward improving technology at courthouses, and improving training for judges, court ...
Judicial appointments announced: six new judges join Ontario …
WEBJul 12, 2021 · David Lametti, federal justice minister and attorney general, has announced on July 2 the appointments of six judges to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario: William Black, Ian Smith, Brian Dubé, Jill Presser, P. Tamara Sugunasiri and Tami Waters.. Black replaces Justice Faye McWatt in Toronto, who was appointed associate chief justice on …
Ontario Government's justice reform legislation aimed at …
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · Ontario has introduced the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021, which the province said will build upon the modernization efforts adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.. The proposed legislation seeks to eliminate barriers in Ontario’s courts and tribunals, as well as in the estates law, family law and child protection sectors, and to promote access to justice especially for ...
Law Society of Ontario to vote on regulatory sandbox pilot for ...
WEBApr 21, 2021 · “Our regulatory approach has been one of denial to the consumer, where it should be one of facilitating access to justice,” he says. The current regulatory framework, where non-lawyers cannot invest in or partner with legal service providers, produces a situation in which 80 per cent of legal needs are go unmet, says Bentley.
Over 67,000 backlog cases plague Ontario’s key tribunals – …
WEBBY Micah Guiao 21 Dec 2022. Tribunal Watch Ontario is urging the government to confront a collective backlog of over 67,000 cases at four key tribunals as per Tribunals Ontario’s count in its 2021-22 annual report published in September. The lack of accessible justice is most prominent at the Landlord and Tenant Board with 32,800 cases, the ...
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