Articles 2024

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of October 28, 2024. This was a fairly busy week.

In October 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal allowed an appeal in Mathur v Ontario, an ongoing youth-led climate case. The Court found that the Province voluntarily assumed a positive statutory obligation to combat climate change, meaning its target and plan need to be Charter compliant. Although the Court allowed the appeal, it declined to decide the application and instead remitted the matter for a new hearing before the same or another justice of the Superior Court.

On Thursday, June 20, 2024, the OBA Elder Law Section hosted its 2024 Elder Law Day which focused on addressing advanced issues in Elder Law. Participants came together to learn from experts in their field regarding the latest developments in the law and the current issues impacting our aging population.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of October 21, 2024.

On August 20, 2024, the Ontario Land Tribunal (“OLT” or “Tribunal”) launched consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Practice and Procedure (the “Proposed Rules”). Consultations ran from August 20 to September 27, 2024. On October 1, the Tribunal announced it was reviewing the feedback received during consultation and would provide further details once that review was complete.

A quick tour of ways to celebrate National Child Day and World Children's Day on November 20. Child Day is an opportunity to learn more about children's rights and, in 2024, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

On August 7th, 2024, the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released an important decision affirming the rights of children with capacity to make decisions about their own health care under Ontario’s Health Care Consent Act, 1996. This decision marks a pivotal moment in the province’s recognition of capable children’s indisputable right to consent to medical treatments.