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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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Difficulty using Health Care Consent Act with children tested in …

WebBY Mallory Hendry 04 Mar 2020. A recent case highlights how the Health Care Consent Act, which calls for judges to take a child’s wishes into account when it comes to consenting …

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Human rights tribunal should consider mental health issues in …

WebShe says the Ontario government provides no forms or directions to doctors on exempting people with mental health issues from the vaccine, and the next best thing …

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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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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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Cut in virtual visit fees for Ont. doctors could violate provincial

WebThe Ontario government’s decision to stop provincial funding for virtual care by emergency room physicians at the end of March, along with an earlier move to reduce …

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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’s new health law raises issues for physician recourse, says

WebOntario recently paved the way for more private healthcare in the province, but Brooke Shekter, a health lawyer at TTL Health Law says the changes create a …

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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 aims to attract more health-care workers with proposed

WebBY Angelica Dino 01 Feb 2023. The Ontario government has announced plans to allow health-care workers registered in other provinces and territories to practise immediately …

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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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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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Battling alcohol and THC addiction, Jason Ward left the law and …

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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Legal profession must ensure inclusion for lawyers with mental …

WebThe legal profession must do more to ensure inclusion for lawyers with serious mental health and addiction issues, says Anita Szigeti, a litigator with a practice …

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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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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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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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The government and Tribunals Ontario should address Human …

WebLaird says the HRTO and Tribunals Ontario should conduct an internal review to determine if cases based on race, colour, ethnicity, place of origin, citizenship …

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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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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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Ont. Superior Court affirms privacy commissioners' authority over

WebThe case involves a 2019 incident that exposed the health data of millions in Canada

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