Cases
Representative Work: Acts as general counsel to healthcare organizations, including hospitals, retirement communities
long-term care homes in relation to various day-to-day issues, including risk management
patient/resident safety, crisis management, privacy, disclosure, policy development
implementation.
Advises healthcare clients noted above on the application
interpretation of numerous statues.
Represents regulated healthcare providers such as dentists
nurses before their governing administrative bodies (i.e., Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
College of Nurses of Ontario) in the course of responding to complaints against them,
in the review of complaints decisions before Health Professionals Appeal
Review Board.
Provides advice to hospitals on corporate matters such as bylaws
contractual relationships, including drafting
interpretation.
Manages complex medical malpractice actions for hospitals
community care access centres including overseeing
conducting detailed investigations, assessing exposure
all steps in a lawsuit.
Provides advice to healthcare facilities on the management of relationships
issues with professional staff including physicians
other regulated healthcare providers.
Represents hospital staff
physicians before the Consent
Capacity Board, for example in relation to findings of incapacity to consent to treatment.
Provides advice on the management of investigations by the Coroner,
acts as counsel to hospitals
their employees at Coroner's inquests.