Articles 2021

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Managing your Mental Health through COVID

  • 05 juin 2020
  • Shawn Erker

A collection of resources to help lawyers stay mentally and physically healthy while social distancing.

Gestion de la pratique du droit, Student Forum

Case Comment: 2099082 Ontario Limited v. Varcon Construction Corporation

  • 03 juin 2020
  • Ivan Merrow, associate at Glaholt Bowles LLP

Not all warranty provisions are created equal when it comes to construction contracts. Individual warranty provisions may vary in length of time, scope, and the degree of fault required to trigger those obligations.

Droit de la construction et infrastructure, Student Forum
They can sing, act, dance AND they’re lawyers?! Ladies and gents, presenting…the Lawyer Show!

They can sing, act, dance AND they’re lawyers?! Ladies and gents, presenting…the Lawyer Show!

  • 03 juin 2020
  • Alexandra Mealia, associate, trading documentation negotiator at RBC Capital Markets

How often do lawyers get the opportunity to take a break from their busy, demanding professions to perform with other legal professionals and share their musical talents and artistic passion with the Toronto community while supporting a worthy cause, forging meaningful connections with colleagues and having fun in the process? The author presents to you: "The Lawyer Show". Read on to learn more.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
Opening Statements and Joint Sessions - When and Why?

Opening Statements and Joint Sessions - When and Why?

  • 02 juin 2020
  • Harold Arkin and Tahir Khrorasanee,

A senior mediator and a litigator discuss the purpose and strategy behind opening statements and joint sessions.

Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits, Student Forum
Virtual Mediation: Welcome to the New Normal

Virtual Mediation: Welcome to the New Normal

  • 02 juin 2020
  • Bernard Morrow, Mitchell Rose and Tahir Khorasanee

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.

Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (May 19-22, 2020)

  • 31 mai 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Following are summaries of last week’s civil decisions released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Topics covered this week included rescission of a settlement agreement in an historical institutional sexual abuse case and stay pending an appeal from a default judgment for possession to prevent a power of sale.

Litige civil, Student Forum

Panel Summary: Privacy and Access in Connected and Automated Vehicles

  • 30 mai 2020
  • Rajen Akalu

Co-host Rajen Akalu summarizes the highlights of a Privacy and Access to Information Law Section program, which explored privacy, data protection, and innovation in connected and automated vehicles. The program was held by webinar on May 12, 2020.

Droit de la protection de la vie privée, Student Forum

Women Lawyers in Tax: Q&A with Anna Malazhavaya, Sole Practitioner at Advotax Law

  • 30 mai 2020
  • Rachel Gold

This is the third installment of the OBA Tax Section's Q&A series with women lawyers in tax. The objective of this series is to give insight into the tax law career possibilities and practice areas that women can have, to give advice to junior tax lawyers or students who may be considering tax, and to shine the spotlight on women leaders in tax.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum, Droit fiscal