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Ontario Superior Court orders new hearing after pedestrian was …
WEB5 hours ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a new hearing in a personal injury case after the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) dismissed the appellant’s case despite her lack of legal representation. In Fernandez v. Commonwell Mutual Insurance, 2024 ONSC 5180, the appellant was injured in a car ...
Sellers breached insurance policy by failing to timely report lawsuit ...
WEB5 hours ago · In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the sellers of a residential property breached their insurance policy by delaying notice of a lawsuit over alleged misrepresentation of the property's condition. The dispute in Kerk-Courtney v. Security National Insurance Company (TD ...
Law Society Tribunal publishes 2023 annual report | Law Times
WEB5 days ago · The tribunal's active caseload at the end of 2023 was the lowest since 2017. BY Angelica Dino 25 Sep 2024. The Law Society Tribunal has released its 2023 Annual Report, outlining significant improvements and operational efficiency. In his message, tribunal chair Malcolm M. Mercer emphasized key developments from the past year.
MAiD law discriminates against people with disabilities, disability ...
WEB3 days ago · The second track of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law, which provides assisted suicide to people with disabilities whose deaths are not “reasonably foreseeable,” has resulted in premature deaths and is discriminatory towards people with disabilities, a new lawsuit alleges.
Ontario Superior Court upholds eviction order against tenant after ...
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has upheld an eviction order against a tenant following the landlords’ decision to sell the property. Tenant Dana Turner sought to overturn a Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) ruling that terminated her tenancy. The case involved an application by landlords ...
FullStop takes another LSO bencher seat following judicial …
WEB3 days ago · BY Jessica Mach 27 Sep 2024. Lisa Bildy, a member of the FullStop group that bills itself as the antidote to the Law Society of Ontario’s “woke” slant, will fill a vacant seat on the law society’s governing body. The seat had previously been held by Jasminka Kalajdzic, appointed as a judge in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in ...
Ontario Court of Justice welcomes Annik Sonia Wills as a judge in ...
WEB5 days ago · The Ontario government has appointed Annik Sonia Wills to the Ontario Court of Justice, with her role becoming effective on September 26. Justice Wills was called to the Ontario bar in 2005 and is fluent in English and French. She operated a criminal defence practice for a decade, during which she represented clients in both languages before ...
Judicial appointments announced: six new judges join Ontario …
WEBJul 12, 2021 · David Lametti, federal justice minister and attorney general, has announced on July 2 the appointments of six judges to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario: William Black, Ian Smith, Brian Dubé, Jill Presser, P. Tamara Sugunasiri and Tami Waters.. Black replaces Justice Faye McWatt in Toronto, who was appointed associate chief justice on …
Over 67,000 backlog cases plague Ontario’s key tribunals – …
WEBDec 21, 2022 · Share. Tribunal Watch Ontario is urging the government to confront a collective backlog of over 67,000 cases at four key tribunals as per Tribunals Ontario’s count in its 2021-22 annual report published in September. The lack of accessible justice is most prominent at the Landlord and Tenant Board with …