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WEBOct 2, 2024 · Dealing with mental health issues as a lawyer in a town where (almost) everyone knows your name. Ontario law news, featuring analysis, breaking cases, ongoing litigation, a daily newsletter, and everything else today's Ontario-based lawyer needs to …
Ontario court deducts COVID-19 income benefits from past …
WEB13 hours ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) payments received by a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident case must be deducted from the past income loss award, as these benefits were considered income replacement under …
Ontario Superior Court dismisses impaired driving charges due to ...
WEB14 hours ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed charges against a defendant accused of driving with over 5 ng/mL of THC, ruling that the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the THC level met the legal limit due to the margin of uncertainty in the expert's evidence.
Law Foundation of Ontario awards $1.5M to support access to …
WEB2 days ago · The Chiefs of Ontario were awarded $250,000 to create legal education resources focused on the duty to consult First Nations. Through legal research and engagement with Ontario’s 133 First Nations, the project aims to establish guidelines for accommodation and consultation, benefiting both Indigenous communities and …
Ontario Superior Court upholds cell phone search as lawful and …
WEB14 hours ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed an application seeking to exclude evidence obtained from the search of cell phone records in an ongoing trial, finding that the police search did not exceed the warrant’s scope. The defence argued that the police violated the defendant's section ...
Ontario couple can try pursuing malicious prosecution claim …
WEB2 days ago · The Ontario Court of Appeal is allowing an Ontario couple to amend their lawsuit to pursue a malicious prosecution claim against McCague Borlack LLP but warned that its decision should offer “no comfort that the amended statement of claim will survive another pleadings motion by the respondents, or that his claim is destined for success.”
Ontario court says Toronto litigants are increasingly 'forum …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · An Ontario court told Toronto-Dominion Bank that a legal proceeding it initiated in London, Ont., seemed to have “no connection with this judicial centre, or indeed this region,” noting the case was part of a broader phenomenon of banks increasingly filing collection proceedings in the jurisdiction.
New judicial appointments announced for Ontario courts
WEBBY Angelica Dino 15 May 2024. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Arif Virani, has announced several key judicial appointments across Ontario. This series of appointments affects both the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. Darla A. Wilson, formerly a Judge of the Superior Court of ...
FOLA calls for Ontario to boost legal aid funding and court …
WEBBY Aidan Macnab 15 Feb 2023. Ahead of the province’s 2023 budget, the Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) is calling on the Ontario government to boost legal-aid spending and continue court modernization. FOLA is asking the provincial government to increase annual spending on Legal Aid Ontario to $480 million, up from $350 million ...
Judicial appointments announced: Ontario Court of Justice …
WEBBY Katrina Eñano 03 Jan 2022. Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey has announced the appointment of six justices to the Ontario Court of Justice – Jennifer Marie Campitelli, Brian Gregory Puddington, Brock Jones, Michael Waby, Joseph Callaghan, and Robert Wright − effective December 31, 2021. Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve has assigned ...