Articles 2023

A Welcome Message from Andrew Sprague, the chair of the Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights (CCLHR) Law Section of the OBA. An insightful message which details his passion for the CCLHR, the goals of the CCLHR Executive Team and a detailed account of upcoming events and initiatives in the 2021-2022 season.

Committee participation gives you a chance to play an important role in business law advocacy, education and legislative reform – all while building your profile and growing your network within this dynamic practice area.

Julie DeWolf and Gregory Ko, SOGIC chair and vice-chair for 2021-2022, respectively, provide an update on the Section’s activities from last year and a preview of what they have in store this year.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 7, 2021

In a recent decision from Saskatchewan, the Court was asked by the representative plaintiffs in a proposed class action arising from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash to stay an individual action brought by family members of those killed in the tragedy. The Court granted the stay pending the April 2022 Certification hearing, effectively turning access to justice on its head. By depriving individual plaintiffs of control over their litigation, access to justice is both delayed and denied.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 30.