Alex returned to Windsor Law to lecture on legal professional ethics at the Mental Health and the Law course. […]
Tag: Capacity
Mercedes was a guest panelist at the annual Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Canada (STEP) conference titled “Powers of Attorney for Personal Care and Advanced Planning”. Mercedes’ talk was focused on litigating personal care disputes arising from powers of attorney for personal care. […]
Alex participated in Osgoode Hall Law School‘s Mental Health Awareness Week, for the speakers panel: Critically exploring the implications of law on mental health. Alex discussed the intersection of the law and mental health from a practicing lawyer’s perspective. […]
Mercedes was a guest speaker at an Ontario Bar Association conference titled “The Other Side of the Coin: Personal Care and the Estate Lawyer”. Mercedes spoke on “When Matters Get Complicated: Litigating Personal Care Disputes” with lawyer D’Arcy Hiltz. Read the program agenda here. […]
Alex presented a case commentary on a challenging guardianship dispute at the Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates program: De-Escalating the Family Feud. […]
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 […]
Alex was invited to speak on the topic of legal professional ethics at Windsor Law’s Mental Health and the Law course. […]
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 […]
Following her appointment by the Ontario Court of Appeal as amicus curiae (along with lawyer Karen Steward) in a treatment incapacity appeal, Mercedes successfully argued that the appellant had received ineffective assistance of counsel from his Consent and Capacity Board lawyer. This was the first time that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim was advanced […]
Mercedes delivered a talk titled “Administrative Tribunals: Capacity to Instruct Counsel” at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s New Lawyer Practice Series on Administrative Law. […]