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The following articles are published by OBA Sections, including the Student Section. Members are encouraged to submit articles.

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

  • August 23, 2018
  • Shan Alavi, B.Com (Hons.) JD, Technology Lawyer, www.legalmindspc.com

Large-scale data breaches at corporations such as Facebook and Ashley Madison have underscored the need for organizations to re-evaluate their approaches to data security. If legal professionals use Privacy Impact Assessments to uncover organizations' privacy blind spots, they can then work to address those systemic issues using multi-disciplinary approaches.

Privacy Law, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (August 13-17)

  • August 21, 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered this week include applications for release from immigration detention pursuant to the Habeas Corpus Act and related infringement of Charter rights, as well as collateral attacks relating to leave applications for appealing a costs award.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum

Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (July 16 - July 20)

  • July 24, 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

This week’s summaries include two property boundary disputes between neighbours, a child custody decision, several criminal decisions, and a couple of Ontario Review Board decisions.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum

Elder Law and the Importance of Communication

  • July 20, 2018
  • Angela Yenssen

The recent OBA Elder Law Section CPD program, "Congregate Care: Legal Issues Facing Residents, Families & Substitute Decision-Makers,” conveyed how critical clear communication is to explaining and understanding the rights of hospital patients and residents of long-term care and retirement homes.

Elder Law, Student Forum

Non-Arm’s Length Transfers by Tax Debtors: Valuation and Consideration

  • July 18, 2018
  • Kelsey Horning

In two recent decisions, Harvey v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 67 and Ashworth v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 76, the Tax Court of Canada addressed issues of consideration and valuation in the context of non-arm's length transfers by tax debtors, demonstrating the importance of expert valuation and documentation.

Student Forum, Taxation Law

Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (July 9 - 13)

  • July 17, 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered in our summaries of this week’s civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal include crown wardship, constructive dismissal, partial summary judgment, unjust enrichment as a result of an overpayment by an insurer, a construction lien action, and a claim for negligent investigation and related torts against the police and Fire Marshall in a case of arson by negligence.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum

A Lesson in Limitation Periods

  • July 12, 2018
  • Shaun Laubman, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Examining the application of the standard two-year limitation period in the context of mandatory alternative dispute resolution provisions often found in franchise agreements, with reference to the relatively recent decision, PQ Licensing S.A. v. LPQ Central Canada Inc., 2018 ONCA 331.

Franchise Law, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (June 25 - 29)

  • July 09, 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered in this week's summaries include the validity of a will of someone with chronic alcoholism and an application for habeas corpus in the immigration law context.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum

Ontario Court of Appeal Interprets Unclear Inndemnity for Historical Mercury Contamination in Grassy Narrows

  • July 05, 2018
  • James Goacher

Indemnities are a tool for allocating risk. Contracting parties often use indemnities to achieve certainty and finality in their affairs. This requires drafters to be conscious of the assumptions and inferences that a court might draw when interpreting the contract. A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision, Weyerhaeuser v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, highlights the need for clear language to establish air-tight indemnities.

Environmental Law, Student Forum

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • July 04, 2018
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

New guidance from FSCO on biennial member statements and SEPP to JSPP conversions, a PRPP member guide from OSFI, and updates from CAPSA...

Trusts and Estates Law, Student Forum