Submissions and Legislative Updates

The Class Actions Section wrote to the Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice, requesting that a joint bench-bar liaison committee be established to address, primarily, issues of practice under the Class Proceedings Act in Ontario.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on issues raised in the Law Society of Upper Canada (“Law Society”) Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group (“Working Group”) Final Report “Working Together for Change: Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions” (the “Final Report”).

The Ontario Bar Association appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Law Society of Upper Canada Professional Development and Competence Committee report to convocation dated September 22, 2016 addressing the Pathways Pilot Project Evaluation and Enhancements to Licensing.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this submission to the Law Society of Upper Canada Task Force on Compliance-Based Entity Regulation in response to its Consultation Paper: “Promoting Better Legal Practices” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s consultation paper “Exploring an online Administrative Monetary Penalty System for infractions of provincial statutes and municipal by-laws in Ontario” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this update on our consideration of the issues raised by the Law Society of Upper Canada in “Alternative Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A Discussion Paper” (the “Discussion Paper”)

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Standing Committee on General Government (“the Committee”) in respect of Bill 171, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (“Bill 171” or “the Bill”), which was referred to the Committee on April 14, 2014.

Letter concerning Bill 83, Protection for Public Participation Act, 2013 which, as you are aware, was introduced by the government in June 2013.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recognized the need to address the significant delays in the scheduling of long motions and long trials in Toronto and the surrounding regions.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments as part of the auto insurance dispute resolution review being conducted by the Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham.