Articles 2019

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of June 12, 2023.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of June 5, 2023.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 29, 2023.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 22, 2023.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 8, 2023.

"[Unconscious bias] comes up in my day-to-day. For example, people assume that I am more mellow, more docile, under-spoken, or not very assertive, all because I am an Asian woman. So when I’m handling files where the lawyer on the other side is known for being abrasive or unreasonable, senior lawyers sometimes assume that I’m unable to stand my ground. And when I act as assertive as any other lawyer, I get called aggressive."

"Anti-Indigenous bias is pervasive and particularly in Northern Ontario. For example, I remember being at the OCJ in Kapuskasing as an out of town Crown. I was standing at the podium and there was an accused being belligerent and badgering the registrar. I interrupted and told him to sit down and wait for his matter to be called on the list. As he walked away, he said, 'You send them to law school for free and they come back all uppity.'”