Kelley presents closing submissions to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in support of her client’s allegations of racial discrimination within the Peel Regional Police Service. Although the force is responsible for policing one of the largest South Asian communities in Canada, Kelley’s client claimed that no South Asian police officer had ever been promoted […]
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On behalf of her client, a Peel Police officer who claimed race discrimination against South Asian officers within the police force, Kelley examined and cross-examined police witnesses before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. South Asian officers testified that fellow officers said the police should “let them [South Asians in Peel] kill themselves. Let them go […]
Kelley appeared before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in an ongoing racial discrimination case against the Peel Police. Her client, a Staff Sergeant who was one of the first South Asian officers hired by the police force, testified about “humiliating” and “embarrassing” treatment by fellow officers due to his race. Peel region has one […]
Kelley was invited to present a webinar on the topic of client capacity to instruct counsel, for the Philippe Kirsch Institute. Kelley discussed general concepts of mental capacity as it impacts the ethical duties of lawyers. She provided an outline of the process for lawyers to assess their clients’ capacity and different options for preserving the […]
Kelley spoke on a panel at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s conference on Professionalism and Practice Management Issues for Administrative Lawyers, on the topic of ethical and professionalism issues arising when clients have mental capacity issues. The panel was chaired by Lucas Lung of Lerners LLP. […]
Kelley made submissions to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, on behalf of a South Asian Peel Police officer who alleged racial discrimination in the context of a promotion. Kelley asked the Tribunal to order the police force to disclose documents and information, including those relating to promotion of racialized officers. See The Full Story […]
Along with Suzan Fraser of Fraser Advocacy, Kelley represented the Mental Health Legal Committee in an intervention before the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The case addressed, in part, the duty of fairness owed by the Ontario Review Board to accused persons. In particular, the Court accepted that the Board should disclose to an NCR accused […]
Kelley successfully represented a shooting victim in obtaining his right to sue the Toronto police. Her client, an innocent teen victim of a gang-related drive-by shooting, claimed that front-line police officers could have prevented the shooting if they had followed senior officers’ orders to arrest the shooter. At the time, he claims,the shooter was a known […]
Kelley successfully represented a client with mental health issues before the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The case of Re Osawe was an appeal from a decision of the Ontario Review Board. On appeal, the Court of Appeal decided for the first time that the Board must give an accused person notice of its inclination […]
Kelley co-authored, with Tess Sheldon of ARCH Disability Law Centre, a paper entitled “There Ought to Be Rules”, on administrative law rules. Ms. Sheldon presented the paper at the Law Society of Upper Canada, Continuing Professional Development conference, Administrative Law Practice Basics 2014. Read The Paper […]