Personal Injury
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March 04, 2024
Canada sanctions six Russians ‘involved’ in Alexei Navalny’s ‘ill treatment and death’ in prison
Canada has announced dealings bans, including asset freezes, and entry bans against six Russians for their roles in “gross and systematic human rights violations;” the list includes “senior officials or high-ranking employees in Russia’s prosecution, judicial and penitentiary services who were involved in the ill-treatment and death” last month in an Arctic prison of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s kleptocratic regime.
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March 04, 2024
Class action alleging faulty medical device used in elbow replacement surgery discontinued
A class action claiming negligence in the design, construction, manufacturing, inspection, testing and marketing of a medical device used for elbow replacement surgery has been discontinued, according to a notice authorized by the Ontario Superior Court.
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March 04, 2024
NEGLIGENCE - Duty and standard of care - Recognized categories - Doctor-patient - Damages
Appeal by Dumesnil from judgment dismissing her claim against Jacob, for damages resulting from alleged negligent treatment he provided.
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March 01, 2024
Reports on harassment, specialization, helpline released for Ontario Convocation
Almost all of the Law Society of Ontario’s most recent Convocation was held behind closed doors, but several reports were published detailing numbers around harassment complaints against lawyers, members becoming certified specialists and those making use of the regulator’s practice helpline.
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March 01, 2024
Define ‘tough judge’ | Norman Douglas
There are many countries in the world with tough judges. Perhaps these countries have a lower crime rate — we don’t know, because what goes on in their criminal courts is kept secret.
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February 29, 2024
Legal experts ask Alberta to withdraw proposals for transgender youth, citing Charter concerns
Legal academics from across Alberta are raising red flags over a suite of proposed policies which would require parental notification when children alter their names or pronouns and place limits on gender-affirming care for youth, saying they could open the province up to constitutional challenges.
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February 29, 2024
Defence insurers in opioid class actions only responsible for costs in specific time frames: Court
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part for defence costs in insurers’ policies that the respondents were issued for liability regarding various opioid class actions, finding the judge’s disposition placed a “disproportionate and unreasonable burden” on the insurers.
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February 29, 2024
Respondents have severely limited rights in workplace investigation: Employment lawyer weighs in
More and more, employers are relying on employment lawyers to conduct workplace investigations in a wide variety of circumstances to evaluate workplace conflict and potential misconduct, and to assist them in managing and dealing with difficult workplace situations. Some employment lawyers also double as workplace investigators.
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February 27, 2024
Online harms bill would create new hate crimes, duties for social media, stiff fines, imprisonment
The federal government’s proposed Online Harms Act was welcomed by several advocacy groups who rated it a substantial improvement over Ottawa’s proposed blueprint three years ago; however red flags were raised, including questions around new hate crime provisions and penalties; whether the definitions of the targeted online harms are appropriately tailored; and whether a proposed new online regulator’s broad discretionary powers have adequate safeguards.
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February 26, 2024
Ford slammed by bar for politicizing judge appointments; JPs threaten suit over pay review delays
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is garnering sharp criticism from the legal community for further politicizing an appointment process that four years ago was lauded as the “the gold standard for the appointment of an independent and qualified judiciary,” free from partisan considerations.