Mercedes successfully represented the appellant in an appeal from a decision of the Ontario Review Board. The Board had downgraded the appellant’s conditional discharge to a detention order. On appeal, the Court of Appeal for Ontario agreed that the Board’s decision was unreasonable and restored the appellant’s conditional discharge. Read the Court of Appeal’s decision […]
Tag: Health Law
Mercedes was appointed amicus curiae by the Ontario Court of Appeal in a treatment incapacity appeal. She made arguments supporting the appellant’s position that she was capable of making psychiatric treatment decisions. Read the Court’s decision here. […]
Alex returned to guest lecture on professional ethics and a mental health practice the Windsor Law Mental Health and the Law course. […]
Joining other leading practitioners in the field of mental health law, Mercedes and Alex presented at the Law Society’s Practice Before the Consent and Capacity Board conference. Mercedes spoke on the topic of law reform and Charter challenges to mental health legislation. Alex’s paper was presented with practical tips on funding for a mental health law […]
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 successfully represented the parents of a six year older boy on life support at the Hospital for Sick Children. The hospital sought to remove the boy from a life support system called ECMO, a decision his parents opposed. The Consent and Capacity Board agreed with Mercedes that the parents were making treatment decisions in […]
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 […]
Mercedes was a faculty member teaching lawyers and health care professionals enrolled in the 2015 Osgoode Professional Development Mental Health Law certificate program. Mercedes presented on the topic of “The Client’s Perspective: Client-Instructed Advocacy”. […]
The Globe and Mail ran an article on Mercedes’ successful constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Mental Health Act in the case of a deaf man detained in a psychiatric facility for more than two decades. Read the full story here. […]
Mercedes was quoted in a Toronto Star article detailing a “landmark” successful Charter challenge to the Mental Health Act. Mercedes represented the appellant P.S. in the precedent setting case before the Ontario Court of Appeal of a deaf man detained for almost two decades at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. The Court of […]