May 11, 2022Criminal Records: An Accidental Trilogy – What Regulators Should Know About Discharges It has been a hot minute and a pandemic later since I have had an opportunity to write about criminal records (What You Need to Know about…
Apr 20, 2022Improving Access to Registration and Introducing an Emergency Class of Registration: An Overview of the Amendments to the Regulated Health Professions Act as part of Bill 106 On April 14, 2022, important amendments to the Regulated Health Professions Act (“RHPA”) received Royal Assent. These amendments were passed as part of Bill 106, Pandemic and…
Feb 28, 2022WeirFoulds welcomes Associates Kelsey L. Ivory and Vipal Jain WeirFoulds is pleased to welcome two associates to the firm in the following practice areas: Kelsey L. Ivory – Regulated Professions and Industries Kelsey L. Ivory is…
Feb 25, 2022WeirFoulds recognized in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 30 of our lawyers have been recognized in 19 different practice areas in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Each lawyer was…
Jan 4, 2022WeirFoulds welcomes 15 former associates to the partnership WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 15 of our former associates have joined the partnership effective January 1, 2022. Each of our newest additions to the partnership…
Dec 15, 2021Partner Raj Anand appointed to the Discipline Committee of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that Partner Raj Anand has been appointed as a member of the inaugural Discipline Committee of the College of Patent Agents and…
Nov 15, 2021The Right to be Heard The Right to be Heard [1] There is a very poignant scene in the 1988 film The Accused[2] in which Jodie Foster’s character, Sarah Tobias, is lying…
Oct 12, 2021CNAR 2021 Annual Conference WeirFoulds is proud to once again be a part of Canada’s premier event in Professional Regulation – the Annual CNAR Conference! This year the Conference takes place…
Aug 26, 2021 Best Lawyers in Canada recognizes 50 WeirFoulds lawyers in 2022 edition including the new Best Lawyers Ones to Watch category WeirFoulds congratulates 45 of our lawyers on being recognized in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada and five of our senior associates on being recognized…
Jun 22, 2021Staying Administrative Proceedings Due to Delay: Is the Law Changing? The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to appeal from the decision of Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz,[1] a decision of the Court of Appeal…
Apr 23, 2021WeirFoulds recognized in the 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 28 of our lawyers have been recognized in 17 different practice areas in the 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Each lawyer…
Apr 21, 2021Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Building Owners and Property Managers – PM Springfest 2021 WeirFoulds Partners Karsten Lee, Jeff Cowan, Raj Kehar and Ryan Morris will be speaking at the 2021 PM Springfest taking place on April 21 and 22, 2021.…
Mar 30, 2021WeirFoulds Professional Self-Regulatory Bodies Webinar: Sexual Abuse Proceedings Join WeirFoulds’ Self-Regulatory Bodies practice group for an upcoming webinar on “Sexual Abuse Proceedings” scheduled on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EST. Speakers include lawyers…
Mar 19, 2021What Regulators Can Learn from the Criminal Courts about Sexual Abuse Cases It is no secret that there has been a societal reckoning about sexual abuse in the last few years. From the #MeToo movement to the amendments to…
Nov 27, 2020Due Diligence Risk Assessment vs. Regulatory Risk Assessment: Which Do I Need? – Pinchin Ltd. WeirFoulds Partner Janet Bobechko will be speaking at Due Diligence Risk Assessment vs. Regulatory Risk Assessment: Which Do I Need? a webinar being hosted by Pinchin Ltd. on…
Oct 5, 2020Jill Dougherty and Barnet Kussner speak to the Toronto Star about powers the city has to impose stricter rules to fight COVID-19 Jill Dougherty and Barnet Kussner, Partners at WeirFoulds LLP, recently provided comment to Toronto Star’s Jennifer Pagliaro on the topic of the City of Toronto’s Medical Officer…
Sep 17, 2020WeirFoulds welcomes six new associates WeirFoulds is pleased to welcome back five of our former articling students as associates and welcome one new associate to the firm. They join WeirFoulds in the…
Sep 14, 2020CLEAR 40th Annual Educational Conference The Council on Licensure , Enforcement and Regulation’s (CLEAR) 40th Annual 2020 conference will be offered virtually, allowing increased participation from regulators worldwide, as we respond to…
Sep 9, 2020CNAR 2020 Annual Conference CNAR 2020 goes digital! CNAR 2020 will be the hub this fall to receive continuous Canadian-specific content. The interactive digital conference, which will be spread out and…
Apr 20, 2020Duty to Report and COVID-19 As a regulatory body that regulates professions, you may be receiving questions from your registrants about whether they have a legal obligation to report personal health information…
Regulated Health Professionals are Open for Business Introduction Ontario is under a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Can regulated health professionals provide services remotely during the state of emergency? Our…
Apr 16, 2020Ontario Regulators and COVID-19 This bulletin is intended to provide a few highlights of some of the steps the province has taken in the face of COVID-19.[1] It also provides some…
Apr 3, 2020Coping with COVID-19 Discussion Series – Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation On Friday, April 3, 2020, the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR) will host a conference call discussion on “Human Resources: Managing Staff Effectively During COVID-19.”…
Jan 6, 2020The Lawyer’s Daily reports on feminist advocacy event at WeirFoulds On November 26, 2019, WeirFoulds Women partnered with the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program to host a seminar on feminist advocacy and the law. The…
Dec 6, 2019To Refer or Not to Refer, That is the Question Public reaction to the recent case of Tanase v. The College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario[1] was widespread and critical.[2] In this case, the Divisional Court upheld…
Nov 22, 2019Professional Self-Regulatory Bodies Fall Seminar: Hot Topics for Regulators The WeirFoulds Professional Self-Regulatory Bodies Practice Group will be hosting it’s Fall Seminar on Friday, November 22, 2019 in Toronto. Special guest panel speakers will engage and…
Oct 28, 20192019 Conference – Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation The Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR) conference, which will be held on October 28 to 30, will bring together delegates from across the country to…
Sep 18, 20192019 Educational Conference – CLEAR The Council on Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation will host its 2019 educational conference from September 18 to 21 in Minneapolis. WeirFoulds lawyers, Jill Dougherty, Ada Keon and…
Aug 8, 2019Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry Recommends Systemic Changes In Response to Wettlaufer Offences On July 31, 2019, the final report and recommendations of the Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry were released. The Inquiry, which had a two-year mandate, was charged…
Jun 10, 2019Words Matter: Lessons from the Essilor Decision and Other Musings The word “patient” appears 96 times in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (“RHPA”).[1] This is not a coincidence or an accident. The RHPA was established by…
May 29, 2019Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation – 2019 Workshop WeirFoulds has partnered with the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR) for its 2019 Workshop in Toronto on May 29, 2019. WeirFoulds lawyers will host the…
May 27, 2019WeirFoulds’ Partner John Wilkinson receives the 2019 John Hackett Memorial Award WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that John Wilkinson has been awarded the 2019 John Hackett Memorial Award by the Canadian Association of University Solicitors (CAUS). The John…
Apr 11, 2019The Canadian Bar Association 2019 Health Law Summit WeirFoulds is proud to support the 2019 Health Law Summit on April 11-12, taking place in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mar 25, 2019The Avista and East-West Tie Cases, and Their Implications for the Governance of the Electricity Sector in Ontario Please click here to read the full paper. I Introduction Two recent cases have highlighted a serious weakness in the governance of the electricity sector in…
Mar 14, 2019Criminal Records Redux: The New Posting Requirements in the Regulated Health Professions Act Previously, in What You Need to Know about Police Record Checks,[1] we examined the new framework under the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015[2] for conducting and…