Alex was successful in seeking the removal of counsel appointed for an incapable person in an end-of-life case at the Consent and Capacity Board. The lawyer, who was appointed for a non-communicating senior, had put forward a personal opinion on the issues in dispute. The Board agreed that it was inappropriate to take a position […]
Mercedes successfully represented the three children of an elderly Orthodox Jewish woman in a coma at the Baycrest Hospital in a challenge to her power of attorney for personal care document. The woman had appointed her three children as her attorneys for personal care. The power of attorney document was boilerplate and contained an “end […]
At the Law Union’s annual conference, Kelley Bryan spoke, along with co-panelists Anita Szigeti, Sarah Shartal and Katalin Kirec, on the topic of “Mental Health and Justice.” She presented from the perspective of a lawyer representing clients in the civil psychiatric committal system. […]
Alex presented his paper “Attorneys for personal care and the Consent and Capacity Board” and discussed end of life clauses at the 2013 Law Society program: The Annotated Power of Attorney for Personal Care 2013. […]
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 […]