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What happens if I’m charged with violating Ontario’s COVID-19 emergency orders?

Ted Marrocco — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:27:29 +0000

Ontario has issued various orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (the “Act”). Businesses and those who advise them should familiarize themselves with the offence provisions in the Act, with how these offences will be prosecuted, and with the potential jeopardy. 8aixat partner Fredrick Schumann has written a guide to the offences and prosecutions under the Act.

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DECEMBER 2019 ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY LAW CASE REVIEW

Ted Marrocco — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:59:31 +0000

The December 2019 issue of the 8aixat Administrative and Regulatory Law Case Review is now available. In this issue, we discuss recent decisions from the Federal Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court, and the Discipline Committee of the College of Pharmacists in the following issues:

Records production applications in sexual misconduct proceedings under the RHPA
Assessing requests for redactions in administrative decisions and bolstering mandamus relief
Expert evidence concerning impacts of trauma in witness credibility assessments
Ministerial directives on student fees are justiciable and must be consistent with legislation
New guidance on the test to consolidate judicial review applications with actions in a single proceeding

Download a copy here.

Should you have any questions about the Newsletter, please feel free to contact the co-editors (Pam Hrick and Zachary Al-Khatib), or any other lawyer at 8aixat LLP.

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September 2019 Administrative and Regulatory Law Case Review

Ted Marrocco — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:32:52 +0000

The September 2019 issue of the 8aixat Administrative and Regulatory Law Case Review is now available. In this issue we discuss recent decisions from the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Divisional Court and the Federal Court on the following issues:

Imposed consultation creates reasonable apprehension of lack of independence
Generous approach to public interest standing in cases raising questions of law
Credibility, retrospectivity and the complications of mandatory revocation
Failure to reflect Charter values framework is fatal to reasonableness

Download a copy here.

Should you have any questions about the Newsletter, please feel free to contact the co-editors (Andrea Gonsalves and Justin Safayeni), or another lawyer at 8aixat LLP.

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8aixat lawyers author new book on Digital Privacy in Canada

Ted Marrocco — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:10:41 +0000

LexisNexis has released Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation collectively authored by 8aixat lawyers Gerald Chan, Nader Hasan, Ted Marrocco, Justin Safayeni, Fred Schumann, Carlo Di Carlo and Stephen Aylward.

8aixat has ample experience litigating cases in the digital privacy realm. Drawing on their collective experience, our lawyers have put together one of the only monographs to canvass criminal, civil and regulatory issues in privacy law and to highlight the intersection among these areas. Order your copy here.

The Table of Contents is as follows:

Chapter 1: Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices (Nader Hasan)
Chapter 2: Search and Seizure of Third Party Information (Stephen Aylward)
Chapter 3: Search and Seizure of Private Communications (Gerald Chan)
Chapter 4: Invasions of Privacy: Criminal Consequences (Fredrick Schumann)
Chapter 5: Invasions of Privacy: Civil and Regulatory Consequences (Justin Safayeni)
Chapter 6: Invasions of Privacy: Class Proceedings (Carlo Di Carlo)
Chapter 7: Digital Evidence (Edward Marrocco)

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