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Chaoulli at centre of Alberta health-care challenge
Two Albertans who sought care outside Canada after suffering in pain while on waiting lists are launching a constitutional challenge to the Alberta government’s health care system calling it a...
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Doctors can’t unilaterally pull the plug on life support: SCC
Ontario doctors have no right to unilaterally withdraw life support from a patient if the family objects, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a case centered on a Toronto man who has been in a...
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Class actions for exaggerated health claims on the rise: report
Defence lawyers in Canada are sounding the alarm over a surge in class actions in the United States related to food and health claims — a trend beginning to creep its way north of the border.Lawyers in...
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Sperm is ‘property,’ rules B.C. appeal court
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has determined that human sperm is “property” under the terms of a provincial statute that regulates the storage of goods.The court ruled against the University of...
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Mid-size Canadian companies need to get ready for Obamacare
Canadian companies with at least 50 employees working in the United States could face lawsuits and painful tax fines if they fail to immediately upgrade their benefit systems to comply with Obamacare...
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Ontario tables new patient privacy law
Ontario tabled amendments this morning that will strengthen the privacy of health-care information across the province through measures such as mandatory reporting of breaches, loosened rules around...
View ArticleQuebec appeal court rules assisted-dying law can go ahead
Quebec can implement Canada’s first law permitting physician-assisted dying, while the federal government decides on a framework for how to handle the tricky ethical issue, the Quebec Court of Appeal...
View ArticleRuling favours protecting safety of women in sexual misconduct allegations
Protecting the safety of women should take priority when there is an accusation of sexual misconduct in the health profession, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled. On Monday the B.C. Court...
View ArticleLawyers criticize loophole that allows groping doctors to still practise
Toronto-area lawyers are calling for changes to the way doctors are punished for sexual abuse after a doctor who groped four female patients will be allowed to continue to practise. Recent media...
View ArticleNew laws to combat genetic discrimination on horizon: report
A new law firm study says it’s likely Canada will enact laws to combat genetic discrimination. Genetic discrimination is an issue that’s increasingly come to public attention, after huge changes in...
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