Resources

Whether it is your first or your fiftieth medical malpractice trial, you can always benefit from key strategies that will help you win your next trial. Learn about the pros and cons of a jury versus a non-jury trial, considerations when physicians are witnesses, deciding when to take the lead at trial, and assessing whether last minute settlements are beneficial.

Hear from both defense and plaintiff counsel on the best practices for dealing with privilege issues between regulated health professionals and hospitals.

An Evening With the Privacy Commissioner: Protecting the Privacy of, and Access to, Health Records

View an informative discussion on one of the biggest reforms to the Canadian Food and Drugs Act in more than 50 years.

Of particular interest to health law practitioners who deal with colleges that regulate health professionals, this program will address the impact of recent changes to the RHPA and look at what is still to come, including the changes proposed in Bill 21.

Ms Taylor is a former medical journalist and now a physician assistant and Assistant Clinical Professor in the PA program at McMaster University. She will present a unique perspective on the difficult ethical question of physician-assisted suicide.

Don't miss this critical discussion on how to formulate and properly communicate what you need from your medical expert.

This program will offer a primer on the civil commitment process under the Mental Health Act, as well as focus specifically on the legal, constitutional and public policy issues raised in the Thompson case.

In Clements v. Clements The Supreme Court of Canada clarified the law of causation in cases of negligence and addressed the applicability of the “but for” and the “material contribution” tests.