2023

TORONTO – A submission by the OBA Trusts & Estates Section has significantly improved the new lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct recently adopted by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The Canadian Lawyer covered an OBA panel that heard employers should take proactive steps now to avoid gender identity discrimination in the work place.

TORONTO – Roy McMurty will be honoured by the Ontario Bar Association for his contributions to alternative dispute resolution.

An opinion piece in the Toronto Star Nov. 8 calling for the Ontario Legislature to pass anti-SLAPP (Strategic Legislation Against Public Participation) legislation took note that passing such a law is supported by the Ontario Bar Association.

Instead of lengthy legal battles, the federal government and First Nations should be engaging in “serious” roundtable talks, an OBA aboriginal law section member is quoted saying in a Law Times.

Hamilton lawyer recognized as one of province’s top litigators

Chair of the OBA's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law Section (SOGIC) comments on LSUC’s model guide on sexual orientation and gender equity for law firms and other legal organizations.

NIAGARA FALLS – The Ontario Bar Association is launching a new, re-tooled website that is built for the social age of the Internet, including a new “Find-a-Lawyer” application.

TORONTO – John Evans, who was honoured by the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) with a prestigious award, is best known as a Hamilton lawyer, but has a strong connection to Orillia and famed author Stephen Leacock.

TORONTO – John Evans, one of Ontario’s most experienced and respected civil litigation lawyers, is being honoured by the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) with a prestigious award.