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 […]
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PBP Lawyers participated in a consultation session with the Law Commission of Ontario on its “Improving the Last Stages of Life” project. This project considers how the law impacts the rights and choices for persons who are dying and their caregivers. The Law Commission is conducting consultations throughout the province in order to better identify […]
Mercedes Perez and co-counsel Karen Steward (Advocacy Centre for the Elderly) represented the intervenor Mental Health Legal Committee (MHLC) at the Supreme Court of Canada today in Ewert v. Canada. The case involved a Charter challenge to the Correctional Service of Canada’s use of psychiatric actuarial risk assessment tools, such as the Violence Risk Appraisal […]
Mercedes Perez was awarded one of the Mental Health Legal Committee’s 20th anniversary advocacy awards. The award recognizes excellence in advocacy in mental health law. The other recipients of this award were Jennifer Chambers and Lucy Costa (Empowerment Council) and lawyer Christel Francis. The Mental Health Legal Committee (MHLC) was formed in 1997 by a […]
Kelley has joined the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program, a nation wide project in which lawyers provide assistance to groups seeking to privately sponsor refugees to Canada. She will be offering pro bono legal assistance to community organizations or groups seeking to bring refugees to this country in response to the global refugee crisis. […]
Mercedes presented a special lecture at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly’s 30th anniversary celebration. Along with co-panelists Dr. Mark Lachmann and Dr. Paula Rochon, Mercedes spoke on legal issues relating to the use of antipsychotics in the elderly. In this event, Mercedes joined the ranks of past distinguished speakers in ACE’s special lecture […]
Mercedes received the Precedent Setter award from Precedent Magazine, being recognized as a leader in the field of mental health law. […]