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On October 2, 2019, the Public Sector Lawyers Section of the Ontario Bar Association held their annual welcome reception for articling students and LPP candidates. Students and lawyers in the public sector gathered to hear the Honourable Justice Lorne Sossin share a few words on the good, the bad and ugly of the legal public sector.

The Ontario Superior Court recently reminded defendants that an aggressive defence can be costly, when it awarded judgment to a plaintiff of less than $63,000, and more than four times that amount for the plaintiff's costs.

The Ontario Court of Appeal upholds a decision striking out paragraphs of a defence under Rule 25.11, and says that allegations regarding the plaintiff's motive for commencing an action are generally irrelevant.

Erin Cowling of Flex Legal Network reviews Professor Backhouse's "double" biography of the first two women appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The Court released two decisions concerning the fight over the proposed destruction and redevelopment of Glen Abbey Golf Club. Other topics covered this week included assessing damages for past income loss and prejudgment interest in a sexual abuse case and the legal test for Crown wardship on a summary judgment motion.

An overview of the 2019 Randall Echlin Mentorship Award ceremony.

An overview and welcome address to the Ontario Bar Association's 2019-2020 Labour and Employment Section.

On October 3, 2019, the Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association hosted the 18th Annual Charter Conference. Leading practitioners and experts of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) law provided updates on recent Charter decisions and upcoming cases, developments in Charter jurisprudence and strategies for effective Charter advocacy.

Why your choice of typeface may be affecting the efficacy of your legal writing.

A true story of how one Ontario firm almost became the victim of spear phishing cyber-fraud, and six tips on how lawyers can protect themselves from such online fraudsters.