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Health Regulatory College Policies on MAID and Medico-Legal Liability

Many of the provincial health regulatory colleges have developed policies for MAID which predate Bill C-14 and which will now therefore need to be...

Constitutionality of Bill C-14 and Judicial Applications for Access to MAID

Concerns regarding the constitutionality of Bill C-14 were expressed in expert testimony (and or written submission) before the Standing Senate...

Bill C-14 and its Deviation from Carter 2015

On June 17, 2016, in response to Carter 2015 and after a robust and public exchange between the House of Commons and the Senate, Parliament passed...

Carter v Canada (Attorney General)

On February 6, 2015, the Supreme Court in Carter v Canada (Attorney General) (Carter 2015) declared the Criminal Code prohibitions on “aiding or...

Medical assistance in dying: Complying with Bill C-14 in healthcare policy and practice

On June 17, 2016, Bill C-14 on medical assistance in dying (MAID) was assented to by the Parliament of Canada.

Decisions of hospital committees may be subject to judicial review

The recent decision of the Ontario Divisional Court in Asa et al. v. is an important reminder to hospitals that their internal decisions may be...

JSOT-led Investigation Leads to Guilty Pleas and Sentences for Hospital Privacy Breach

In a matter that sees the intersection of securities regulation and the protection of personal information, the OSC last week announced that four...

Federal Court continues to breathe life into motions to dismiss proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations

In amended reasons released on May 26, 2016, the Federal Court in Janssen Inc. v. Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd. granted a motion to dismiss an...

$125-million pharmaceutical damages award undone by hearsay rule

The Court questioned Teva’s ability to supply the market due to its reliance on inadmissible hearsay evidence. The judgment is expected to have...

Bill C-14: Medical Assistance in Dying

The Federal Government recently tabled Bill C-14 (Medical Assistance in Dying) in response to the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Carter v Canada.