Articles 2023

This newsletter includes interviews with three retired judges: Justices Frank Newbould and Sandra Chapnik of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and Justice Sandra Simpson of the Federal Court. It also includes an article on lessons learned from Justice Karen Weiler of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

An interview with The Hon. Frank J.C. Newbould, Q.C., former judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

An interview with The Honourable Sandra Chapnik, C.M., O.Ont., former Ontario Superior Court judge.

An interview with The Honourable Sandra J. Simpson, recently retired from the Federal Court of Canada.

Fifty-Five years ago, I graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School. You’re probably asking yourselves, what does someone who graduated fifty-five years ago have to tell me that’s relevant to my life today? I asked myself the same question. After a lot of soul-searching, I realized that there are three life lessons that guided my career path that might be of interest and helpful to you.

The Ontario Divisional Court's decision in Stewart v Demme, 2022 ONSC 1790, a class action case against William Osler Health System and one of its ex-nurses (Demme), discusses the tort of intrusion upon seclusion in the context of a privacy breach. The intrusion under review here, namely, accessing health information in order to misappropriate opioids and support Ms. Demme's addiction, was not so offensive or significant as to cry out for a remedy.

There is a popular saying that goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In recent years, a group of engineers in California have revolutionized this expression with their innovation of DALL-E and its successor, DALLE-2. This article describes DALL-E and some core contracting considerations for lawyers advising clients who leverage the technology.