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In 2014, the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000 C. 41 (the “ESA”), which applies to most employees of all provincially-regulated employers in the province, including Ontario school boards, received some significant amendments. The most notable change...
The Public Sector Lawyers Forum is a platform for members of the Canadian Bar Association who are employed as lawyers at various levels of government or in public sector agencies. Its executive consists of elected officers (chair, vice-chair, secretary, etc.) and chairs of t...
1. R. v. Dodd[1]: Unreasonable Verdict Based on Frail Resemblance Evidence and Voice Identification Dodd and his co-accused Carter were convicted of murdering two men in Carter’s garage. The defence position was that Dodd was not present at the scene of the m...
Justine Johnston 2015-2016 Newsletter EditorTell us about yourself. I’m a 2015 call and an associate in Stikeman Elliott’s Ottawa office and my practice focuses on intellectual property, telecommunications, privacy law, and administrative/ regulatory matters...
Dear Section Members,The Sole, Small Firm and General Practice Section of the OBA represents one of the most important groups of legal practitioners in Ontario. As such, the Executive Team is committed to developing content that is directly relevant to the daily life of sole p...
I recently met up with Liberal Toronto St. Paul incumbent Carolyn Bennett, M.P. at her Toronto constituency office opposite the Mount Pleasant cemetery. We were aiming to discuss the “Sixties Scoop”[1] as she is the "Liberal Critic for Aboriginal Affairs...
Child protection practice gets low attention from the family law bar because: The names of the cases are initials only, hard to keep track of and index for precedent purposes; The proceedings are in camera and the media restriction provisions limit public exposure, howev...
Not Quite A Jeffery Wilson’s Monthly Case Comment, But Close Enough[Ed. Note: We have asked Jeffery to lend his work as editor of the Ontario Family Law REPORTER and On Children and the Law to highlight a case each month. Where he reproduces material from either of ...
Young persons who engage with the criminal justice system are afforded significant privacy protections. Their identities are protected for life by a publication ban, and all youth records created as a result of any investigation into possible criminal conduct are subject to re...
I had the pleasure recently of sitting down virtually with Jean-Frédéric Hübsch, the current Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Child and Youth Law Executive Committee and former Chair of the Education Law Executive Committee. Our discus...
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