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. […]
Tag: Speaking and Teaching
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 spoke on carrying a case from retainer to hearing, at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s program on Administrative Law Practice Essentials 2013. […]
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. […]
Alex presented his paper “Attorneys for personal care and the Consent and Capacity Board” and discussed end of life clauses at the 2013 Law Society program: The Annotated Power of Attorney for Personal Care 2013. […]
Alex was invited to speak on the topic of legal professional ethics at Windsor Law’s Mental Health and the Law course. […]
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 a talk titled “Administrative Tribunals: Capacity to Instruct Counsel” at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s New Lawyer Practice Series on Administrative Law. […]