Alex represented a client with a physical disability in a human rights case against the Toronto police. His client claimed that police officers pushed him out of his wheelchair at a restaurant and left him on the ground, preventing others from assisting him during the execution of a search warrant. See The Full Star Article […]
Alex was invited to speak on the topic of legal professional ethics at Windsor Law’s Mental Health and the Law course. […]
As part of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Kelley participated in a panel discussion with Dean Lorne Sossin and Justice Richard Schneider. They debated ideas on the topic of “The Future of Mental Health Law and Justice.” […]
Mercedes spoke to protestors outside Toronto Police Headquarters who were demanding a full public inquiry into the deaths of mentally ill persons involved in interactions with police. The protest followed the shooting death by police of Michael Eligon who had left a psychiatric facility and was found in downtown Toronto wearing a hospital gown and […]
Mercedes was an invited speaker at the annual Law Union of Ontario Conference. This year’s conference was titled “Occupy, Protest, Resist”. Mercedes’ talk addressed constitutional issues and community treatment orders in Ontario’s Mental Health Act. […]
Mercedes was quoted by The Toronto Star in an article examining the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Gligorevic v. McMaster. In this appeal, Mercedes (along with lawyer Karen Steward) successfully argued that the appellant had received ineffective assistance from his lawyer in a Consent and Capacity Board treatment incapacity matter. Read The Toronto Star […]
Following her appointment by the Ontario Court of Appeal as amicus curiae (along with lawyer Karen Steward) in a treatment incapacity appeal, Mercedes successfully argued that the appellant had received ineffective assistance of counsel from his Consent and Capacity Board lawyer. This was the first time that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim was advanced […]
Kelley represented a client in a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario case against the Toronto police. Her client, who has a physical disability, asserted that he was discriminated against when police officers arrested him on suspicion of having a gun because he was a black man walking with a limp. See The Full Story […]
Mercedes received the Precedent Setter award from Precedent Magazine, being recognized as a leader in the field of mental health law. […]
Mercedes delivered a talk titled “Administrative Tribunals: Capacity to Instruct Counsel” at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s New Lawyer Practice Series on Administrative Law. […]