Mercedes represented a client in a complex New Brunswick Review Board hearing this week. Media coverage from the CBC is available here and at this link. […]
Alex Procope has been elected to the executives of the Canadian Bar Association / Ontario Bar Association Elder Law and Trusts and Estates Law sections as a member-at-large for the 2018-2019 term. These sections organize professional development programming and networking events, prepare submissions and analysis of new and evolving areas of law and honour leaders in these […]
Mercedes Perez along with Karen Steward of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly represented the Mental Health Legal Committee (MHLC) in an intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ewert v. Canada. The decision was released on June 13, 2018. The Supreme Court’s decision was a big win for prisoners of Indigenous descent who […]
Our always fashion forward partner, Alex Procope, strutted the runway for the Law Suits Charity Fashion Show on May 16, 2018. Presented by Kerri Parslow and Julie Tyas of Parslow Tyas Law LLP, the Law Suits Charity Fashion Show was a fun night of fashion, music, food and drinks, all to raise funds for the […]
Alex Procope will be speaking at an upcoming Ontario Bar Association Elder Law Section professional development program. Alex joined in a symposium on Privacy and Consent in Congregate Care along with John Risk of WeirFoulds LLP, Mary Jane Dykeman of DDO Health Law, and Graham Webb, Executive-Director of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. The […]
Alex Procope presented his paper on human rights and accommodating disabilities at the Law Society of Ontario’s continued professional development program The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer Program, which took place in Toronto on May 3, 2018. This program was designed to get Estate solicitors and litigators up to date with legislative developments, recent case law, and best practices. […]
Kelley was excited to speak at the 3rd Annual Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice Conference on April 28, 2018. The conference was co-hosted by the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Law and Mental Disorder Association, and covered many recent issues relating to offenders with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. Along with co-panelists […]
Alex is one of 25 Toronto lawyers who have volunteered to be models in the Law Suits fundraiser. Law Suits, a cancer charity organized by Parslow Tyas Law, is holding its annual “Threaded by the Cause” event on May 16, 2018 in downtown Toronto. The night kicks off with a fashion show, followed by a […]
On March 3, 2018, Kelley is excited to be speaking at the 14th Annual Asian Canadian Law Students Conference. The conference is attended by law students from across Canada and features speakers on careers as well as substantive legal issues. Distinguished speakers at this year’s conference include the Honourable Mr. Justice Juriansz of the Ontario […]
Kelley commented today in The Lawyer’s Daily, on mental capacity issues arising in the case of Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo. A recent ruling of the Superior Court (2018 ONSC 311) found that Mr. Chuvalo lacks mental capacity to decide whether to reconcile with his second wife. Two of his adult children from his first […]