Kelley successfully represented a client with mental health issues before the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The case of Re Osawe was an appeal from a decision of the Ontario Review Board. On appeal, the Court of Appeal decided for the first time that the Board must give an accused person notice of its inclination […]
Mercedes was a faculty member teaching lawyers and health care professionals enrolled in the 2015 Osgoode Professional Development Mental Health Law certificate program. Mercedes presented on the topic of “The Client’s Perspective: Client-Instructed Advocacy”. […]
Mercedes was interviewed by the Lawyers Weekly for an article on the topic of a client’s capacity to instruct counsel, focusing on the elder client. See The Full Story […]
The Globe and Mail ran an article on Mercedes’ successful constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Mental Health Act in the case of a deaf man detained in a psychiatric facility for more than two decades. Read the full story here. […]
Mercedes was quoted in a Toronto Star article detailing a “landmark” successful Charter challenge to the Mental Health Act. Mercedes represented the appellant P.S. in the precedent setting case before the Ontario Court of Appeal of a deaf man detained for almost two decades at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. The Court of […]
Mercedes was successful before the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a precedent setting constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Mental Health Act. Mercedes represented a deaf man who had been detained at the maximum secure unit of the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care for almost two decades. In the case of PS, a five-judge panel […]
Alex returned to speak to University of Windsor Law students on professional ethics in the practice of mental health law. […]
Mercedes Perez and lawyer Suzan Fraser represented the intervener Mental Health Legal Committee at the Supreme Court of Canada in an appeal that arose in the context of ongoing bed shortages within forensic psychiatric facilities in Ontario. The Supreme Court’s decision in R. v. Conception is available here. […]
Alex was interviewed on the topic of end-of-life decision making on More Than Money Radio on News Talk 770 in Calgary. Alex discussed the importance of powers of attorney for personal care, as well as issues families, doctors and courts face in the context of end-of-life decisions. You can listen to Alex’s segment here. […]
Mercedes successfully represented the appellant before the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board in an appeal of a CPSO decision. The CPSO had determined that the physicians had not breached the standard of care in unilaterally placing a “Do Not Resuscitate” order in a patient’s chart without consent. The physicians had unilaterally determined that resuscitation […]