Law Times

Founded in 1980, Law Times is a publication under Thomson Reuters that comes out 40 times a year in print and is available online every Monday. It delivers up-to-date news, insights, and updates related to the legal landscape in Ontario. Every edition features three essential sections: news analysis and commentary, focus sections that delve into particular practice areas, and caselaw, which covers previously unreported decisions from various court levels. Additionally, each print issue includes entertaining original editorial cartoons, reaching 12,550 legal professionals each week.

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Ontario Court of Justice adds 42 new justices of the peace

3 days ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Appointees include Michael Gauthey, bilingual prosecutor and solicitor for Toronto BY 14 May 2025 The 42 justices of the peace newly appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice include individuals with a legal background, such as Joanne Michelle Marie Clouston, Annette Jennifer Franks Diamond, Michael Gauthey, and Sarah Rachel Morgan-White.
Registration revoked for physician who pleaded guilty to harassing 12 girls

3 days ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Doctor admits to public masturbation in the same vehicle he used to follow children BY 14 May 2025 A physician has admitted before a panel of an Ontario discipline tribunal that his acts of repeatedly following 12 girls with his vehicle and publicly masturbating in the line of sight of an adult woman amounted to professional misconduct. In College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v.
Ontario re-introduces More Convenient Care Act legislation to reform healthcare

4 days ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Contemplated changes address staffing agencies in long-term care and mandatory blood testing forms BY 12 May 2025 The Ontario government has said its re-introduction of the More Convenient Care Act seeks to improve hospital governance and transparency, patient care, service delivery, the future of its healthcare workforce, and the health of communities.
Ont. CA upholds denial of insurer's expense reimbursement claim in motor vehicle accident case

4 days ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Regulation limits application of unjust enrichment doctrine in priority dispute, ruling says BY 12 May 2025 The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a higher-priority insurer had no obligation to reimburse a lower-priority insurer for its pre-arbitration expenses in a case involving a priority dispute over which automobile insurer should pay Statutory Accident Benefits (SABs). In Echelon General Insurance Company v.
Civil liberties group urges Ontario legislature to reject 'special economic zones' legislation

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Jacqueline So

It allows certain parties to be exempted from complying with provincial and municipal laws BY 07 May 2025 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has called for the Ontario legislature to shoot down Schedule 9 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5).
Civil liberties group urges Ontario legislature to shoot down Special Economic Zones Act

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Jacqueline So

It allows certain parties to be exempted from complying with provincial and municipal laws BY 07 May 2025 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has called for the Ontario legislature to shoot down Schedule 9 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5).
Civil liberties group urges Ontario legislature to reject Bill 5 schedule

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Jacqueline So

It allows certain parties to be exempted from complying with provincial and municipal laws BY 07 May 2025 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has called for the Ontario legislature to shoot down Schedule 9 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5).
Superior Court sets reasonable notice at eight months in Salesforce wrongful dismissal case

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Termination provisions deemed unenforceable for failure to comply with Employment Standards Act BY 07 May 2025 The Ontario Superior Court found an employee entitled to reasonable notice of eight months and found the employment contract’s termination provisions unenforceable because they were not compliant with or were at least ambiguous about complying with the Employment Standards Act. For around eight years, the plaintiff in Boyle v.
Toronto Metropolitan University re-appoints Donna E. Young as Lincoln Alexander School of Law dean

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Jacqueline So

She was the law school's first-ever dean BY 07 May 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University has re-appointed Donna E. Young to a second term as Lincoln Alexander School of Law dean. Young’s new term commences on July 1 and will last five years. She was the inaugural dean of the law school, which was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As inaugural dean of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Young has provided dynamic and thoughtful leadership and vision.
IPC Ontario decision affirms withholding of parts of police report in boat accident case

1 week ago | lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino

Adjudicator says disclosure not needed for injured party to participate in court process BY 05 May 2025 An adjudicator for Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner has upheld the York Regional Police Services Board’s decision withholding information in a police report relating to an investigation of a child’s boat-related injury to protect the personal privacy of those involved.