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Employers should focus on proactive steps on mental health, not …

Web“The first risk in not being proactive is that you create situations where perhaps you allow mental health problems to go unaddressed, and you create an …

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Ex-lawyer who conquered addictions uses new website to reach …

WebCalled to the bar in 2000, Ward worked at a Bay Steet firm as a commercial litigator until 2003. He and his wife, also a lawyer, then decided to build a practice in …

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Availability of mental health care creating barriers for long-term

WebBY Aidan Macnab 16 Jun 2021. Despite Bell Let’s Talk and other efforts aimed at eliminating the stigma around mental illness, lawyers representing people with mental-health related …

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Disability Determination Package forms updated for Ontario …

WebCLEO explained the changes to the revised DPP forms. The new forms completed by health professionals use updated scales for rating an applicant’s …

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Court of Appeal finds mental health causally linked to offence, …

WebThe decision helps correct the misconception that for serious mental health issues to be causally linked to an offence, the offender must lack the capacity to …

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Christine Elliott says pandemic experience will assist her in her new

WebBY Aidan Macnab 09 Sep 2022. After steering Ontario’s health system through the COVID-19 pandemic, Christine Elliott is bringing her health policy experience to Fasken …

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Law Society of Ontario launches online resource hub to support …

WebThe Law Society of Ontario has launched an online resource hub as part of its commitment to supporting the ongoing well-being of legal professionals across the …

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New OBA award recognizing legal-sector mental health initiatives …

WebThe Orlando Da Silva Award for Improvement of Mental Wellbeing in the Justice Sector will be presented annually. The OBA says it will form a vital plank of the …

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Information and Privacy Commissioner to issue monetary …

WebAMPs are one of the options in the IPC’s regulatory toolkit for ensuring compliance with PHIPA. Breaches of PHIPA could be addressed in proportion to their …

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Ontario celebrates inaugural Occupational Safety and Health Day

WebMonte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour, training and skills development minister, has issued a statement during North American Occupational Safety and Health …

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Superior Court dissolves injunction to stay University Health …

WebLawyer for the plaintiffs, Ian Perry, says the decision was largely discretionary because none of the unions at the hearing supported the request for an …

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Determining children’s consent for treatment Law Times

WebThe ruling states that “there are of course risks in making therapeutic orders. The child may refuse to comply. A health care practitioner may consider that the child is …

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Ontario Superior Court upholds dismissal of employee for failing …

WebThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice has upheld the dismissal of a health, safety, and training manager after failing to report a workplace safety and insurance …

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Does medical malpractice liability model need fixing

WebCruz is also a member of the Holland Access to Justice in Medical Malpractice Group, which promotes reforms in medical malpractice and was one of the organizations …

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New national study will evaluate well-being in legal profession

WebDr. Natalie Cadieux, Steve Raby. BY Aidan Macnab 14 Jun 2021. Lawyers across Canada have been invited to participate in a national study on personal well …

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Federal Court finds mandatory hotel quarantine constitutional

WebThe Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is reviewing the decision for grounds of appeal. Sayeh Hassan, Sergio Karas. BY Aidan Macnab 28 Jun 2021. The …

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Jane Meadus' long-term health care experience made her a strong

WebMeadus began her legal career in mental health law before joining the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly in 1995, providing information, advice and education to …

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Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies law on one of Ontario Review …

WebA recent Court of Appeal decision gives clarity to the frequently litigated issue which arises when the Ontario Review Board finds the continued detention of a not …

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Superior Court finds that psychiatric treatments amounted to …

WebBY Bernise Carolino 06 Jul 2020. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found two psychiatrists had committed assault and battery and caused long-term harm to mental …

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Inside Queen's Park: Does gov’t have a right to expedited trials

WebLet’s be frank here. The provincial offences courts are not the hallowed halls of justice where most lawyers would prefer to spend their billable time.

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Inside Queen's Park: Time to apply nanny-state habit to smoke …

WebTwo things crossed my screen recently, and although they might seem unrelated at first glance, in reality they’re two sides of the same coin.

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice approves class action settlement …

WebThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice noted that class members will likely receive between $50 to $150 after counsel’s legal fees and disbursements. The court …

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