Resources, Articles, & Advocacy
Legislative Update | May 09, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 5
Province Files Appeal Against Injunction Halting Bike Lane Removal: Weeks after being ordered to pause plans to remove bike lanes from three major streets in Toronto, the Ford government says it is filing an appeal against the injunction.
Superior Court of Justice | May 09, 2025
Notice to the Profession - Central South Region - Civil and Family
The Honourable Justice Sweeny, Regional Senior Judge of the Central South Region, has released a new Notice to the Profession regarding uploading to Case Center.
Legislative Update | May 02, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of April 28
Province Proposes Plan to Get ‘Tough on Crime’: The Ontario government is proposing changes to the bail system that it says will protect communities by keeping violent repeat offenders off the streets and behind bars.
Legislative Update | April 25, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of April 21
Province Takes Control of School Board, Launches Probes at 3 Others: Ontario has taken control of one school board over financial mismanagement, launched financial probes of three other boards and ordered a fifth board to repay costs for a trip to Italy to buy art. New Education Minister Paul Calandra has ordered the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board to repay the cost of the board trip to Italy, as well as the $100,000 spent on art. The province has appointed a supervisor to the Thames Valley District School Board, in London, after it conducted a review in the wake of a staff retreat to Toronto that cost about $40,000. It is also launching investigations at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Toronto District School Board over ongoing financial deficits and spending concerns.
Article | April 22, 2025
Reminder about Family Law Rules Updates
Updates to the Family Law Rules concerning costs came into effect on January 22, 2025. The changes emphasize the summary nature of costs and the Court’s discretion in awarding them, and standardize the formatting of cost submissions. However, and maybe most importantly, all the numbers have changed in Rule 24 so counsel will need to reacquaint themselves when drafting submissions.
Article | April 14, 2025
Dividing the Enterprise: Business Law Solutions for the Family Business Separation
This guide seeks to provide an overview of the legal considerations involved in dividing a family business during a spousal separation. It attempts to demonstrate the importance and overlap of both business and family law aspects. This guide is written exclusively however, from a business lawyer perspective.
Superior Court of Justice | April 04, 2025
Superior Court of Justice – Notice to the Profession and Public – Northeast and Northwest Regions: Uploading to Case Center for Civil and Family Cases
Effective March 17, 2025, in the Northwest and Northeast regions, all properly filed Family Responsibility Office materials at the Superior Court of Justice, must be uploaded to Case Center. For both Family and Civil matters, Court Services will release orders and endorsements through Case Center and may assist self-represented litigants with uploading materials where appropriate.
Legislative Update | March 31, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of March 24
OBA Seeks "Urgency, Transparency and Accountability" from LSO: In an op-ed published on Thursday, the OBA urged the Law Society of Ontario to deal quickly with the current crisis and then shift its focus from the insular considerations of how to govern itself to the vital work of governing. “These are hard times for the rule of law, access to justice and our economic stability. Lawyers have a critical role to play," OBA President Kathryn Manning wrote. “We must get past this issue and turn our efforts to these fundamental matters. The only way past this issue is to chart a straightforward course through; there is no getting around it. We look forward to working with the many benchers who recognize that.”
