Topics covered this week included family law, municipal law, contractual interpretation, reasonable apprehension of bias, and costs against a lawyer personally. Perhaps the most notable decision is Grant v Equifax Canada regarding credit scores. The Court of Appeal confirmed in that case that you cannot compel a credit bureau to remove reference in your credit score to debts that are more than two years old for which no claim has been brought. Have a nice weekend.

The recent decision of the Ontario Divisional Court in Asa et al. v. University Health Network is an important reminder to hospitals that their internal decisions may be subject to review by the courts, and that decision making processes by their committees must be fair and decisions themselves reasonable

The College of Nurses of Ontario v Dumchin decision has significant implications for regulated health professionals engaged in proceedings before the discipline committees of the various regulated health colleges across the province. Dumchin stands for the proposition that a discipline committee has the authority to revoke, suspend, or impose terms, conditions or limitations on a non-existent certificate of registration.

On June 15, the Ontario Bar Association hosted a panel discussion on the legal issues surrounding medical aid in dying (MAID) in Canada. Differing views made for an engaging dialogue as the panellists examined Parliament’s attempts to enact new legislation following the Supreme Court’s decision in Carter v Canada (Carter).