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OBA member Vince De Angelis was quoted in a Law Times story commenting on the Trusts and Estates Section’s position paper outlining concerns about the Substitute Decisions Act.

Drew Hasselback, the Financial Post’s legal editor, reported on proposed changes to Ontario’s Payday Loans Act and the possible impact on small businessses, quoting a position paper issued by the Ontario Bar Association’s Business Law Section

Patrick Monahan is one of the most remarkable people on the Canadian legal landscape. Monahan recently spoke at an event organized by the Ontario Bar Association’s Constitutional and Civil Law section.

Pascale Daigneault, president of the Ontario Bar Association, offered her congratulations to the newest inductees into the AJEFO (Association des juristes d’expression francaise de l’Ontario) Order of Merit.

Smith’s comments come as the Ontario Bar Association also unanimously passed a motion during its recent fall council meeting to take “immediate steps” to address the delays.

Taking action on significant delays in obtaining motion dates and long trials was a focus of the Ontario Bar Association’s Fall Council meeting this weekend in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

NIAGARA FALLS – The Ontario Bar Association is launching a new, re-tooled website that is built for the social age of the Internet, including a new “Find-a-Lawyer” application.

TORONTO – John Evans, who was honoured by the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) with a prestigious award, is best known as a Hamilton lawyer, but has a strong connection to Orillia and famed author Stephen Leacock.

The Ontario Bar Association on Tuesday night presented its 10th annual Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation to Hamilton lawyer John Evans.

I'm sitting in the office of John Evans, QC — in his chair, actually (he insists) — on the 15th floor of One King West, the big glass tower, and I can see your house from here.