In late February 2019, Patrick James will once again participate as Visiting Faculty as part of the University of Notre Dame’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Course. This prestigious program is regarded by many as one of the top trial advocacy programs in the United States.
With the start of the 2014-2015 school year, Ryerson University launched its much-anticipated Law Practice Program (LPP). The LPP began when the Law Society of Upper Canada approved the Pathways Pilot Project in November 2012 to allow candidates for lawyer licensing to obtain necessary professional experience by means other than the traditional 10-month articling term. […]
Robert Tarantino will be presenting at the OBA’s Annual Update on Human Rights. It is being held on Friday, May 23, 2014 in Toronto. Robert will be addressing Procedural Updates in Human Rights Litigation, and more specifically speaking about how to make sense of issue estoppel under section 45.1 of the Human Rights Code since […]
The Law Society of Upper Canada, the regulator of Ontario’s legal profession, asked our firm to provide a legal opinion on the Law Society’s obligations under the Ontario Human Rights Code regarding its decision whether to accredit Trinity Western University’s proposed Law School. The proposal is controversial due to TWU’s requirement that students, faculty and […]
Niiti Simmonds presented at the OBA’s 2014 Institute, “Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights/Labour and Employment” program. It was held on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Dealing with injuries and disabilities in the workplace gives rise to a myriad of confusing legal issues. Our Remedies and Damages Primer dealt with: What non- monetary damages can be […]
Niiti Simmonds will be presenting a paper at the OBA’s 2014 Institute, “Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights/Labour and Employment” program being held on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Remedies & Damages Available in Long Term Disability Litigation
James Lawyers represents jailed G20 social justice activist, Amanda Hiscocks, who claims that Ontario’s prison system discriminates against inmates based on disability, citizenship, gender, and other prohibited grounds of discrimination. Hiscocks’ application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario was filed today. See below for recent news stories about the case:
In December 2013, Minister of Labour Yasir Naqvi announced a new Bill that, if passed, would involve significant changes to the Employment Standards Act (ESA).Highlights: Eliminating the $10,000 cap on the recovery of unpaid wages and increasing the period of recovery from six and 12 months to two years for employees. This would help keep […]
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Niiti Simmonds of James Lawyers will be presenting a paper on Friday, January 23, 2015, at the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association’s Long Term Disability Conference: Good Faith Practices and Bad Faith from Coast to Coast. Niiti will be presenting a paper, with her co-author Geoffrey Larmer, on the issue of limitation periods in long term […]
