Mercedes Perez and lawyer Anita Szigeti represented the intervener Mental Health Legal Committee at the Supreme Court of Canada in a case that considered the Superior Court’s jurisdiction to appoint amicus curiae and to fix the amicus’ rate of renumeration. Read the Supreme Court’s decision in Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario here. […]
Tag: Psychiatric Hospitalization and Restrictions of Liberty
Mercedes spoke at a Canadian Bar Association professional development program with lawyers Lonny Rosen and Valerie Wise. The program was titled “Civil Commitment under the Mental Health Act: Does ‘Brian’s Law’ Go too Far?”. Mercedes spoke about her work representing the applicants in a constitutional challenge to the Box B and community treatment order […]
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 and lawyer Marshall Swadron successfully argued that costs should be awarded in an unsuccessful public interest constitutional challenge. Costs in the amount of $100,000 were awarded to the Empowerment Council in its Charter challenge to the Box B and community treatment order provisions in Ontario’s Mental Health Act. This was a notable accomplishment given […]
Mercedes was co-counsel to the applicants in a constitutional challenge to the Box B and community treatment order provisions in Ontario’s Mental Health Act. Read the Superior Court’s decision. […]
At the Law Union’s annual conference, Kelley Bryan spoke, along with co-panelists Anita Szigeti, Sarah Shartal and Katalin Kirec, on the topic of “Mental Health and Justice.” She presented from the perspective of a lawyer representing clients in the civil psychiatric committal system. […]
As part of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Kelley participated in a panel discussion with Dean Lorne Sossin and Justice Richard Schneider. They debated ideas on the topic of “The Future of Mental Health Law and Justice.” […]
Mercedes spoke to protestors outside Toronto Police Headquarters who were demanding a full public inquiry into the deaths of mentally ill persons involved in interactions with police. The protest followed the shooting death by police of Michael Eligon who had left a psychiatric facility and was found in downtown Toronto wearing a hospital gown and […]
Mercedes was an invited speaker at the annual Law Union of Ontario Conference. This year’s conference was titled “Occupy, Protest, Resist”. Mercedes’ talk addressed constitutional issues and community treatment orders in Ontario’s Mental Health Act. […]
Mercedes delivered an “Introduction to Mental Health Law” presentation at the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario public legal education workshop. […]