The Ontario Court of Appeal continues to provide guidance on the issue of ‘significant risk’ in the context of hearings of the Ontario Review Board – the latest is this Judgment in Re Sokal released February 7 2018
III. THE BOARDS DISPOSITION
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2018/2018ONCA0113.htm
About anitaszigeti
• Called to the Bar (1992)
• U of T Law grad (1990)
• Sole practitioner (8 years)
• Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) since 2002
• Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (8) and Sebastian (5)
• (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for nine years (1997 to 2006)
• Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals
• Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee
• Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including text book on consent and capacity law)
• Fifteen years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients
• Frequently appointed amicus curiae
• Fearless advocate
• Not entirely humourless