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R. v. ADH, 2013 SCC 28

  • March 12, 2014
  • Stacey E. Grubb

One important development in health law in 2013 is that the Supreme Court has now decided that s. 218 of the Criminal Code, the offence of abandoning a child, requires an element of subjective fault.

Health Law

R. v. Mernagh, 2013 ONCA 67

  • March 11, 2014
  • Emily MacDonald

R. v. Mernagh, 2013 ONCA 67, is the most recent case to challenge the constitutionality of Parliament’s regulation of the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

Health Law

Ediger v. Johnston

  • March 06, 2014
  • Sheila Caston

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, Ediger v. Johnston, 2013 SCC 18, has confirmed the law with respect to causation in medical malpractice cases.

Health Law

Moore v. Getahun

  • March 05, 2014
  • Lonny J. Rosen

The recent decision of Madam Justice Wilson in Moore v. Getahun, 2014 ONSC 237, issued on January 14, 2014, is already shaping up to be one of the most widely discussed cases of 2014…

Health Law

Cuthbertson v. Rasouli, 2013 SCC 53

  • March 05, 2014
  • Kate Parisotto

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada clarifies the law with respect to the application of Ontario’s Health Care Consent Act to the issue of consent for the withdrawal of mechanical life support.

Health Law

Carter v. Canada

  • March 05, 2014
  • Mandy Lawson

It has been 20 years since the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the criminal prohibition on assisted suicide as being constitutional in Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General).1

Health Law

Akl v. Collins

  • March 04, 2014
  • Bobby Randhawa

A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Akl v. Collins, 2013 ONSC 3292, has provided important guidance about what constitutes a “material” risk in relation to the doctrine of informed consent.

Health Law

R. v. Levkovic, 2013 SCC 25

  • March 04, 2014
  • Scott Scambler

On April 5, 2006, the building superintendent of an apartment found a bag containing the decomposing remains of a child. The extent of corpse’s putrefaction rendered impossible any determination of the cause of death or the approximate age…

Health Law