Mercedes Perez is representing the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Soleiman Faqiri. To date, the inquest has heard from numerous witnesses describing the conditions of Mr. Faqiri’s confinement at the Central East Correctional Centre where he died on December 15, 2016 while awaiting a court-ordered psychiatric assessment. […]
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Mercedes Perez is representing the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario at the Coroner’s inquest into the death of Soleiman Faqiri. The inquest is being held virtually, began today and is scheduled for 15 days. It is being streamed live daily through this link. Mr. Faqiri died at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario […]
Happy birthday to us‼️ PBP is celebrating a 7th anniversary on October 1, 2023.. It has been a busy couple of years and we’re grateful for another year of being able to help our wonderful clients with some great results. We could not have done it without our phenomenal law clerk Michelle Alijohn and the […]
Mercedes Perez was a guest speaker at the Ontario Bar Association‘s program titled Cultural Competency & Elder Law: Practical and Ethical Considerations. The program was held today, December 2, 2021 and was chaired by lawyer Diane Vieira from de Vries Litigation. Mercedes presented alongside her fellow guest speakers, lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye and Pia Hundal on […]
York University‘s Osgoode Certificate In Mental Health Law was held over the course of five days in September and October 2021. This Certificate is now in its 10th year and is a program designed to provide practice-focused skills and expertise to manage mental health law related issues. The program covers a range of relevant legal […]
PBP Lawyers are celebrating our fifth anniversary! We’re grateful to all of our clients and peers for supporting our ongoing work and we’re looking forward to the next five years! In honour of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are making a donation to Aboriginal Legal Services and hope it helps their […]
Mercedes Perez and Alex Procope spoke at Osgoode Professional Development‘s The Legal Guide to Consent, Capacity & Substitute Decision Making program in December 2020. The program attendees included lawyers, health practitioners and care facility administrators. Through case studies, Mercedes discussed the application of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992. Also, Mercedes was one of the panel speakers […]
Alex Procope and Kim Whaley from WEL Partners co-chaired the recent Ontario Bar Association program: Your Comprehensive Guide to Section 3 Counsel. PBP Partners Mercedes Perez and Kelley Bryan joined the faculty of several leading capacity practitioners. This was the first full-day professional development program on this important role. Section 3 counsel is appointed for […]
PBP Lawyers are celebrating our fourth anniversary! Notwithstanding the disruptions to our day-to-day routines and the tremendous challenges 2020 has hit our clients with, we’re happy to still be working hard to advance our clients’ interests. Check out what we’ve been up to over the past year in our firm news feed. […]
Mercedes Perez presented at the 2019 Legal Guide to Consent, Capacity & Substitute Decision Making conference organized by Osgoode Professional Development. The conference was held on December 9, 2019 and Mercedes presented on three topics with a number of co-presenters: “Understanding the Substitute Decisions Act – From Property Management to Personal Care”; “Preparing for a […]