Mercedes successfully represented the appellant before the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board in an appeal of a CPSO decision. The CPSO had determined that the physicians had not breached the standard of care in unilaterally placing a “Do Not Resuscitate” order in a patient’s chart without consent. The physicians had unilaterally determined that resuscitation […]
Tag: Elder Law
Mercedes spoke on “Powers of Attorney for Personal Care and End of Life Issues” at the 2014 Law Society of Upper Canada’s Six-Minute Estates Lawyer conference. The program schedule is available here. […]
Alex, filling in for lawyer Anita Szigeti, spoke at the Osgoode Professional Development Continued Legal Education Program on Advising the Elderly Client, on the topic of key issues to address when serving the elderly client. […]
Mercedes was co-counsel to the interveners Mental Health Legal Committee and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario in a life support case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In Cuthbertson v. Rasouli, a majority of the Supreme Court agreed that end of life treatment decisions require consent and life support cannot be terminated […]
Alex returned to Windsor Law to lecture on legal professional ethics at the Mental Health and the Law course. […]
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. […]
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 […]
Mercedes successfully represented the three children of an elderly Orthodox Jewish woman in a coma at the Baycrest Hospital in a challenge to her power of attorney for personal care document. The woman had appointed her three children as her attorneys for personal care. The power of attorney document was boilerplate and contained an “end […]