The Law Commission of Ontario‘s Improving the Last Stages of Life project has entered its consultation phase. This project focuses on healthcare and healthcare transitions including palliative and end-of-life care. One important aspect of this is the burgeoning area of medical assistance in dying, which is now available to patients in Ontario that meet the […]
Tag: Elder Law
The Law Commission Of Ontario released its largest law reform report yet yesterday, as a part of its Capacity, Decision-Making and Guardianships project. PBP Lawyers participated, as members of the Mental Health Legal Committee, in several consultations over the four years that this project has been ongoing. Alex Procope co-authored both of the Mental Health Legal […]
On November 25, 2016 Alex was invited to teach professional responsibility and mental health at the Windsor Law Mental Health and the Law course. Topics included capacity to instruct counsel, confidentiality, duty of loyalty, disability accommodation and the difference between best interests and client interests. […]
As a part of the Law Commission of Ontario’s Project on Improving the Last Stages of Life, Alex, along with lawyers Ryan Fritsch and D’Arcy Hiltz, co-facilitated a roundtable on legal ethics and practice for the end of life. The roundtable brought together legal professionals from various backgrounds to discuss the practice issues they face […]
Alex spoke on panels at Osgoode Professional Development’s 2016 Legal Guide to Consent, Capacity & Substitute Decision Making to provide an overview of the the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992. The program attendees included lawyers, health practitioners and care facility administrators. […]
Alex was mentioned by estate accountant Avi Dahary of AccounTrust in article about the importance of attorneys and guardians of property getting legal and accounting advice before problems arise. Read The Full Story […]
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 […]
Alex presented to fellow lawyers, alongside Nimali Gamage of Goddard Gamage Stephens LLP, on effective advocacy for the elderly at the Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Elder Law Program. […]
Mercedes Perez lectured on “Privacy Rights in Long Term Care, Retirement and Community Settings” at the 2015 Osgoode certificate in Elder Law program. […]
Alex returned to speak to University of Windsor Law students on professional ethics in the practice of mental health law. […]