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Jehovah’s Witnesses’ suit alleging sexual abuse by members can’t proceed as class action: OCA (opens the original)
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A Quebec court certified a class action alleging similar claims in 2019 A lawsuit brought by three current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses who allege they were sexually abused as minors by adult congregation members cannot proceed as a class action, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled. In its Sept. 23 decision in Gutierrez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, a three-justice panel explained that the lawsuit failed to satisfy any of the criteria under Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act.
New OBA president Mariam Moktar says org will tackle uncertainty ahead ‘with optimism and hope’ (opens the original)
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Moktar says lawyers are facing uncertainty due to AI, Ontario’s civil rules changes, political turmoil When Mariam Moktar took the helm at the Ontario Bar Association as president on Sept. 1, the Toronto-based lawyer said her mandate was grounded in three principles: certainty, clarity, and comfort. Explaining those principles to Law Times on Tuesday, Moktar pointed to the uncertainty Ontario’s lawyers are facing amid rapid developments in artificial intelligence, upcoming changes to Ontario’s R
Project that pairs Ontario lawyers with unaccompanied minors in refugee proceedings relaunches (opens the original)
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Lawyers with RBC Law Group say the project aims to ensure minors are properly represented A project that connects Ontario lawyers with minors who need help navigating Canada’s refugee claim process has relaunched years after the project’s participants began negotiating a new structure. The Unaccompanied Minors Project was first established in 2011 by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, the Royal Bank of Canada’s Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault, and Pro Bono Ontario. In 2021, the participan
OCA: Crime-fraud exception to solicitor-client privilege applies in both criminal and civil cases (opens the original)
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The court said communications are not privileged in any kind of proceeding if they aim to further fraud When a lawyer and their client communicate for the purpose of furthering fraud or defying a court order, that correspondence will not be considered privileged if its disclosure is later sought during a criminal or civil proceeding, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. However, the appellate court also clarified that this exception to solicitor-client privilege, called the crime-fraud e
Weeks after Ontario makes certain auto accident benefits optional, lawyers flag challenges ahead (opens the original)
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Lawyers say they expect disputes with brokers and less coverage for non-drivers involved in accidents Since July 1, when certain accident benefits that had long been baked into Ontario’s standard auto insurance policy became optional, members of the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association have noticed a new type of client looking for guidance: non-drivers who have been in a car accident, but cannot access benefits because the driver in the accident opted for less coverage under the province’s new aut
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