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In Talos v. Grand Erie District School Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario determined that a school board could not rely on a statutory carve-out under the Ontario Human Rights Code and Employment Standards Act, 2000 to justify ceasing benefits coverage at 65 years of age.

The recent OBA Elder Law Section CPD program, "Congregate Care: Legal Issues Facing Residents, Families & Substitute Decision-Makers,” conveyed how critical clear communication is to explaining and understanding the rights of hospital patients and residents of long-term care and retirement homes.

Sydney Lederman plead guilty to securities fraud and was sentenced to jail on April 13, 2018, for selling a senior citizen securities in a defunct corporation for the price of $90,000 that he fraudulently claimed were worth $3 million but were, in fact, worthless.

With respect to predatory marriages, too often in the past, the predatory spouse has prevailed because the common law offers limited recourse; that is, until Hunt v. Worrod. Released in December 2017, Hunt v. Worrod may just have changed the legal landscape of predatory marriage in Ontario.

This article originally appeared on The Lawyer's Daily website published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. A litigation guardian may be appointed for cognitively impaired older adults in family law proceedings. Conflicts of interest by a proposed litigation guardian should be avoided. Where significant property rights and assets are at stake, it may be useful to engage an experienced and disinterested family law lawyer as the litigation guardian for a financially incapable family law litigant.