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The OBA Class Actions Law Section is pleased to offer a monthly series to help you keep up with class action decisions from the past month.

Dealing with banks is an important, and sometimes challenging, part of advising your clients, both while they are acting as attorneys for property and during an estate administration.

The potential danger associated with the life of those in the legal profession is an unpleasant topic of conversation among family, friends and staff, but avoiding the subject does not lessen the potential for harm.

Is it always easy for a Power of Attorney for Personal Care, to act on the wishes of a grantor?

With globalization and the internet, it has become paramount for lawyers to understand the unique differences in representing diverse clients.

OBA IP/IT Executive Office Hours. Mentorship is such an important and integral part of our development as lawyers. While most of us have vibrant networks to sustain us, we want to be mindful of those who might benefit from connecting with others in this great section of ours. Please mark your calendar and plan to drop in for a moment, a minute or an hour to discuss whatever is on your conscience (or absolutely nothing at all) or just to listen to others share their experiences.

Have you ever wondered if there are other pathways available to your clients beyond Express Entry?

Select OBA webinars now include closed captions including subtitles and live transcripts.

The OBA’s Criminal Justice section conducted a demonstration that re-creates an actual in-person trial as a remote trial conducted entirely over Zoom. This demonstration provides an opportunity for both Crown and defence counsel to experience a remote trial and better visualize the process, so you can make appropriate and informed decisions as to whether your own cases would be suitable for proceeding in this manner.

In a year that will go down as one of the most unpredictable years many of us have experienced, Financial Planning Month – October – is a good time to review your plan and take some practical steps to ensure you are well prepared for 2021.