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.

The appellants, the Los Angeles Salad Company Inc. and the Los Angeles Salad International Inc., are American corporations that import carrots into Canada for retail sale by Costco...

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.

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…

In the introduction to his decision in Dr. X. v. Everson, 2013 ONSC 6134, Justice Reid states...

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.

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

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.

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…

The case of Anten v. Bhalerao, 2013 ONCA 499, provided the Ontario Court of Appeal with a rare opportunity to review a decision by the Consent and Capacity Board in which the Board applied the test for capacity to consent to treatment.