Articles 2020

Marcia J. Oliver, CS (Construction Law), Q. Arb., Partner, Advocates LLP, is being honoured this year with the OBA Construction and Infrastructure Law Award of Excellence for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the field of construction law. Gain a glimpse of what inspires her and how she is making a difference in her area of practice in this candid Q&A.

Diana W. Dimmer, Director of Litigation, City of Toronto Legal Division, is being honoured this year with the OBA Award of Excellence in Municipal Law for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the field of municipal law. Gain a glimpse of what motivates her and how she is making a difference in her area of practice in this quick and candid Q&A.

John A. Olah, Partner, Beard Winter LLP, is one of two legal leaders being honoured this year with the OBA Award of Excellence in Insurance Law for his outstanding leadership and contribution to the advancement of insurance law. Find out what inspires him and how he is making a major impact in his area of practice in this insightful interview.

David F. Smye, Q.C., Mackesy Smye Lawyers, is one of two legal leaders being honoured this year with the OBA Award of Excellence in Insurance Law for his outstanding leadership and contribution to the advancement of insurance law. Gain a glimpse of what motivates him and how he is making a difference in his area of practice in this candid Q&A.

Technology has provided us all with the tools to continue mediating during an unprecedented crisis, in the best interests of our justice system and those that it serves. Bernard Morrow, a senior mediator; Mitchell Rose, a senior mediator and settlement counsel, and Tahir Khorasanee, litigator at Levitt LLP comment on the benefits and challenges of virtual mediation.

Many of us are experiencing the historic coronavirus-mandated “lockdown” in close, relentless companionship – of partners, children, or housemates. This presents an opportunity for closeness borne from the intensity of the experience, but also increases the chance of conflict from which it may be difficult to retreat. This article describes how to use a mediation tool to help deal with quarantine conflict.

The Honourable Justice Stanley B. Sherr, Ontario Court of Justice, is being honoured this year with the OBA Award for Excellence in Family Law in Memory of James G. McLeod for his outstanding leadership and contribution to the advancement of family law. Gain a glimpse of what motivates him and how he is making a difference in the administration of justice in this candid Q&A.

Read a brief profile of Khrystyna Yankovska, Member-at-Large of the OBA Citizenship and Immigration Law Section Executive.