Submissions and Legislative Updates

The OBA appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Enabling Recovery from Common Traffic Injuries Report (ERCTI Report) and the Common Traffic Impairment Guidelines (CTI Guidelines) and encourages the government to carefully consider the stakeholder responses with respect to the methodologies and conclusions raised in the report.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this submission to the Law Society of Upper Canada Task Force on Compliance-Based Entity Regulation in response to its Consultation Paper: “Promoting Better Legal Practices” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s consultation paper “Exploring an online Administrative Monetary Penalty System for infractions of provincial statutes and municipal by-laws in Ontario” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this update on our consideration of the issues raised by the Law Society of Upper Canada in “Alternative Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A Discussion Paper” (the “Discussion Paper”)

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Standing Committee on General Government (“the Committee”) in respect of Bill 171, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 (“Bill 171” or “the Bill”), which was referred to the Committee on April 14, 2014.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recognized the need to address the significant delays in the scheduling of long motions and long trials in Toronto and the surrounding regions.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments as part of the auto insurance dispute resolution review being conducted by the Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Draft Third Party Processes Policy (the “Policy” or the “Draft Policy”) produced by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Final Report (the “Report”) of the Catastrophic Impairment Expert Panel (the “Panel”) to the Superintendent, dated April 8, 2011.