Communiqués de presse

To protect the interest of all parties, the Ontario Bar Association does not wish to comment on any specific case before the court. Recent publicity around the arrest of a lawyer in court attire at an Ontario Courthouse raises important issues of general principle.

London, ON – Young Lawyers from the Ontario Bar Association will join forces with the London Lawyers Feed the Hungry (LLFH) program this Sunday to host a special soup kitchen dinner at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

TORONTO – The legal stars of tomorrow will be on full display Thursday as teams of high school students from Windsor, Sudbury, Brantford, Ottawa, Mississauga, Richmond Hill and Brampton compete for the provincial championship of the Ontario Bar Association Secondary School Mock Trial Tournament.

David Usher, Juno Award winning musician, to speak on creativity

Treaties must be “honoured and enforced”

Juno Award winner, First Nations leader, Supreme Court judge among roster of speakers

Ship, an associate at McCarthy Tétrault, has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s 2013 Markus Cohen QC Memorial Award for Excellence in Franchise Law, in recognition of his outstanding written contribution to the development of franchise law in 2013.

TORONTO – A submission by the OBA Trusts & Estates Section has significantly improved the new lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct recently adopted by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

TORONTO – Roy McMurty will be honoured by the Ontario Bar Association for his contributions to alternative dispute resolution.

Hamilton lawyer recognized as one of province’s top litigators