Articles 2021

Section 30 Children’s Law Reform Act assessments are used to evaluate the needs of a child and the ability of parents to meet those needs, aiming to serve the child's best interests. These assessments, performed by qualified professionals, provide objective insights into family dynamics and parental capabilities. However, their high cost and the shortage of assessors create significant barriers to justice, making it difficult for many families to access these crucial evaluations.

In this edition of the OBA Health Law’s Section Insider, we spoke with the 2024 recipient of the Susan Davidson Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Law, Justice Ira Parghi. Here’s what she had to say.

Procedural fairness is critical to conducting appropriate workplace investigations and is a central component of ensuring objectivity and propriety in the investigation process. As illustrated in this recent Federal Court decision, a failure to ensure the procedural fairness of an investigation can be fatal to its ultimate findings – or invalidate the investigation entirely.

In a significant decision for unionized workers in Ontario, the Divisional Court confirmed that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and labour arbitrators share concurrent jurisdiction to determine employment-based human rights claims arising in unionized workplaces.

If thoughts about student debt consistently creep into the back of your mind, causing you anxiety and uncertainty, you are not alone. Many simply don’t know where to begin navigating this unknown and uncomfortable territory. The first step? Talking about it.

Join us on this enlightening journey as we uncover the strategies and insights employed by various immigration law practitioners in making their firms the success stories they are today. In our fifth edition, we had the privilege to interview Ms. Yameena Ansari, a founding partner at Ansari Immigration Law.