Several WeirFoulds Partners will take part in key sessions at the Ontario Bar Association’s Ontario Legal Conference (OLC), the OBA’s largest professional development event, taking place from Tuesday, February 3 to Friday, February 6, 2026 in downtown Toronto. The OLC brings together lawyers from across Ontario for several days of learning, networking, and community building, featuring sessions on current legal issues, skills development, and career-focused topics across multiple practice areas.
Conference Sessions
Tuesday, February 3
- Administrative Law: Partner Kelsey Ivory will moderate a panel on “Recent Developments in Standard of Review for Regulated Professionals,” covering errors of law, mixed law and fact, errors in principle, and procedural fairness issues.
Wednesday, February 4
- Tax Law: Partner Michael Ding will serve as Program Co-Chair for the Taxation Law Session, which will examine key issues at the intersection of tax, estates, and real estate law. During that session, Partner Ryan Morris will present “Managing CRA Risk: Tax Compliance in Estate Distributions and Real Estate Transactions,” offering practical insights on navigating compliance challenges in these areas.
- Real Estate Litigation: Partner Robert Eisenberg will serve as Program Co-Chair for the Real Estate Litigation session, bringing attendees up to speed on current trends, recent developments, and essential best practices in real estate and leasing litigation. During the session, Partner Lia Boritz will present “Current Issues and Recent Developments,” focusing on the evolving landscape of easement litigation.
- Wills, Trusts & Estates: Partner Jonah Waxman will moderate “Recent Estate Decisions and Legislative Updates Every Lawyer Should Know,” highlighting significant caselaw and legislative developments shaping estate law.
- Real Property: Later that day, Jonah will also speak during “Preserving and Securing Real Property,” focusing on strategies for safeguarding property in diverse client scenarios.
Thursday, February 5
- Construction Law: Partner Jeff Scorgie will examine emerging trends in traditional and collaborative delivery approaches during “Key Features of the Various Project Delivery Models.”
Friday, February 6
- Municipal & Planning Law: Partner Raj Kehar will provide insights into major legislative changes during “Making Sense of Major Legislative Changes to the Planning Act.”
For more information and to register for the conference sessions, click here.
Inter-Sections Networking Reception
Wednesday, February 4
Inter-Sections Networking Reception, Tales from the Courtroom: Mentorship Through Storytelling
Partner Frank Walwyn will speak at this special networking reception, which brings together lawyers across practice areas for candid, experience-driven discussion.
Before hybrid work and remote courtrooms, new lawyers learned by gathering around seasoned litigators in courthouse hallways, lawyers’ lounges, robing rooms, and dining rooms. These informal but vital learning moments have diminished in today’s largely remote legal environment, but they do not have to disappear.
Tales from the Courtroom offers attendees the opportunity to hear candid perspectives from leading civil and criminal litigators on how they navigate the realities of modern litigation. The session provides practical lessons, career insight, and reassurance that the challenges lawyers face today can be overcome.
To register for the networking reception event, click here.
