Civil Rules Review: A Deeper Dive into the Proposed Changes
Date
Monday, May 12, 2025 (1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.)
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CPD Hour(s)
3 h 30 m Substantive
0 Professionalism
Co-Chairs
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Tamara Barclay, Counsel, Crown Law Office CivilMinistry of the Attorney General
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Suzanne Chiodo, Assistant ProfessorOsgoode Hall Law School
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Yashoda Ranganathan, Senior Counsel, Deputy Attorney General's OfficeMinistry of the Attorney General
Description
Major changes are being proposed to Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure. Join us for this informative CPD program to gain valuable insight into the Civil Rules Review.
- Learn more what lead to the launch of this initiative from Attorney General Doug Downey and Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz
- Receive an overview of the proposed changes and the policy rationale behind them from the Co-Chairs of the initiative, Justice Boswell and Allison Speigel
- Get a closer look at possible expert evidence and trial management reforms
- Hear from a practitioners' panel on proposed changes in different practice areas
Presenters
- The Honourable Doug Downey, Attorney General of Ontario, Ministry of the Attorney General
- The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- The Honourable Justice Jennifer Bezaire, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- The Honourable Justice Cary Boswell, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Tamara Barclay, Counsel, Crown Law Office Civil, Ministry of the Attorney General
- Suzanne Chiodo, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Yashoda Ranganathan, Senior Counsel, Deputy Attorney General's Office, Ministry of the Attorney General
- Jacob Damstra, Lerners LLP
- Allison Speigel, Speigel Nichols Fox LLP
- Alexander Gay, General Counsel, Department of Justice
- Samantha Green, Folger, Rubinoff LLP
- Scott McMahon, O'Flynn Weese LLP
- Stephen Morrison, Stephen Richard Morrison ADR Inc.
- Sarit Batner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
- Tom Curry, C.S., Lenczner Slaght LLP
- Anthony Gatensby, Blaney McMurtry LLP
- David MacDonald, C.S., MacDonald Law Professional Corporation
- Chris Paliare, LSM, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
