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On May 1, 2019, the OBA Public Sector Lawyers Section, together with 60 attendees, honoured Richard Steinecke, the recipient of the 2019 Tom Marshall Award.

On April 25, 2019, the OBA’s Public Sector Lawyers section hosted a panel entitled “Claiming Privilege in the Public Sector". The three-person panel provided a refresher on the principles of solicitor-client and litigation privilege and explored the application of privilege to privacy, how to manage privilege within a crown corporation or agency, and the interplay between privilege and Cabinet privilege and Parliamentary procedures.

On March 20, 2019 (International Francophonie Day), the Law Society of Ontario held a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program entirely in French, in collaboration with PratiquO and the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO), followed by a networking reception organized by the Law Society’s Equity Initiatives Department.

On February 6, 2019, the OBA Public Sector Lawyers Section held its Mastering Regulatory Inspections and Investigations program at Institute 2019. Speakers included Brian Osler, Shelly Feld, Bernard LeBlanc, Elyse Sunshine, Aviva Harari, Michael Denyszyn, and Bruce Matthews.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers Executive in this series of articles.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this article series.

Case review of Biffis v. Sainsbury, a decision of the Superior Court respecting application of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers Executive in this new series of articles.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this new series.