2024

Attorney General John Gerretsen reiterated Wednesday outside cabinet he has only just received the Ontario Bar Association's report obtained by QP Briefing[1] on the need for firmer guidelines for judicial mediation in the province.

Ontario needs firmer rules surrounding how the judiciary are used to settle difficult to mediate cases before trial, a recent Ontario Bar Association report obtained by QP Briefing says.

Robert Shawyer, a family lawyer who chairs the Ontario Bar Association’s sole, small firm, and general practice section, says the difficulty in earning a living from legal aid matters is a big reason for that last statistic.

The OBA Judicial Mediation Taskforce today released its report on Judicial Settlement Facilitation. View the report at A Different ‘Day in Court: The Role of the Judiciary in Facilitating Settlements.

I am pleased to provide you with this report on the outcome of the 2013-14 OBA Board of Directors’ elections.

Thanks to all the donors and participants in the OBA Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser, “Repartee”, held on June 13th, more than $10,000 was raised to support the OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism!

Greg Crone, a seasoned journalist, Queen’s Park correspondent and top-level communications advisor, joined the Ontario Bar Association this week as our Media Relations and Communications Manager.

Thanks to all the donors and participants in the OBA Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser, “Repartee”, held on June 13th, more than $10,000 was raised to support the OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

The Attorney General introduced the Protection for Public Participation Act 2013, anti-SLAPP legislation designed to deter and remedy strategic litigation brought for the purpose of stifling public debate.

Esteemed family law lawyer and writer Michael Cochrane has been nominated by the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for his June 2012 JUST. article, Hearts Broken All Around.