April 2016 - de Vries Litigation

Home? Or a Retirement Home? The Court Must Decide

Jacob Kaufman, April 19, 2016

An elderly woman suffers from dementia. Her two children are both her attorneys for property and personal care. Both have diametrically opposed plans for where she would live. In Walter Burnat v Mary Bosworth et al, 2016 ONSC 2607 (S.C.J.) the court had to decide whether the mother – Olga – would continue to live…

First physician-assisted suicide case in Ontario

Michael Rosen, April 7, 2016

Much has been written about last month’s physician-assisted suicide decision by Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in B. (A.) v. Canada (Attorney General). Ever since the Supreme Court handed down the historic decision of Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) (previously discussed here), as well as its companion decision delaying implementation for an additional four months while…

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Home? Or a Retirement Home? The Court Must Decide

First physician-assisted suicide case in Ontario

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