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WEB5 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.
Housing supply needs more public-private collaboration, less red …
WEBBY Aidan Macnab 23 Feb 2024. Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has pledged to build at least 1.5 million new homes by 2031. The province passed five bills – Bill 108, Bill 109, Bill 23, Bill 97, and Bill 134 – aimed at facilitating this new housing surge. And the Get it Done Act, 2024, a piece of omnibus legislation the ...
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 ...
Immigration lawyers slam Law Society of Ontario's termination of …
WEBJun 3, 2022 · Law Times previously reported that the Law Society of Ontario voted on May Convocation to discontinue the certified specialist designation effective Jan. 1, 2023. However, the program will continue for Indigenous legal issues to recognize the designation’s critical role in the LSO’s Indigenous framework and commitments to …
Independence of judicial appointment process is 'under attack,' …
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · The Ontario Government’s proposed changes to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee undermine its independence and risk politicizing the judicial appointments process, say the president and a vice president of …
Four decisions have shown how juries can be dismissed during COVID
WEBOct 1, 2020 · Four recent Ontario civil court decisions have addressed the dismissal of juries in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of the four decisions have helped set Ontario civil trials on a trajectory that ends with a reduced role for juries in the civil litigation process, says one leading personal injury lawyer. Stacey Stevens, partner at Thomson ...
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WEBNew chief justice appointed at Superior Court. 28 Jun 2019. Justice Geoffrey Morawetz, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, has been appointed as chief justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, succeeding Chief Justice Heather Smith, who retires June 30 after more than 36 years of service as a judge.