Submissions and Legislative Updates

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide comments to the Law Society of Upper Canada on issues and concerns raised in the Law Society’s Advertising and Fee Arrangements Working Group 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 input on the Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario ("ELTO") Proposed Information Sheet and Practice Direction concerning Growth Plan hearings.

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide input - from lawyers who are experts in the relevant fields - on the Ministry of Infrastructure’s (the “Ministry”) proposed framework for revitalizing forfeited corporate property (the “Framework”).

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide input on an issue so fundamental to the future of the profession.