Parental Access for Crown Wards: The “highly adoptable child”
When a child is made a crown ward, how much access should the biological parent have? While Ontarian courts have had to determine this issue in numerous child protection cases,...
Author: Cassandra Bruni
AB v Canada (Attorney General): A Clash of Open Court Policy and Privacy
An Ontarian has successfully sought a constitutional exemption from sections 241(b) and 14 of the Criminal Code RSC, 1985, c C-46, allowing him to access physician assisted-suicide (“PAS”). The applicant,...
A Strong Endorsement of Testamentary Freedom: Spence v BMO Trust
When should courts invoke public policy to interfere with testamentary freedom? The Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) recently revisited this question in Spence v BMO Trust Company, 2016 ONCA 196...
Finding a Reasonable Apprehension of Bias: Stuart Budd v IFS Vehicle Distributors
Everyone has the right to a fair trial. This foundational principle was undermined in Stuart Budd & Sons Limited v IFS Vehicle Distributors ULC, 2015 ONSC 519 [IFS, Motion]. On...
