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Michael Speers, Media & Communications Specialist , Telephone: 416-869-1047 ext. 365, media@oba.org

Province Appoints 10 OBA Members to New Business Law Advisory Council

  • March 02, 2016

Ontario has established a new Business Law Advisory Council that will make recommendations to reform laws that are responsive to changing business priorities and supportive of a prosperous economy. Appointed to the Council are OBA members Carol Hansell (Chair), E. Patrick Shea (Vice-Chair), Jennifer Babe, Andy Chan, Doug Downey, John Ground QC, Sheila Murray, Arlene O’Neill, Rob Scavone and Peter Viitre.

Estate Planning Pitfalls Discussed at OBA’s Institute 2016

  • February 23, 2016

Panel members Terry Moore, senior counsel at CIBC; Arthur Fish, Borden Ladner Gervais and Sarah Shody, senior counsel and vice-president of Wealth Management Litigation at BMO Financial Group highlighted the challenges for estate planners with an ageing population.