Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA), The Supreme Court of Canada 2021 Roundtable: Latest Trends and Landmark Cases

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Dec 2, 2021 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM - The Supreme Court of Canada 2021 Roundtable: Latest Trends and Landmark Cases

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Toronto, Ontario M5G 1T3
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Join us on December 2, when Sean Fine, Justice Writer for the Globe and Mail, will host an expert panel on the latest trends and landmark cases at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021.

Our experts will provide their take on the significant civil, criminal and public law cases from the year and the trends that will impact the future of litigation in the years to come.

Speakers:

Nader Hasan, Partner, Stockwoods LLP Read his bio

Nader practises criminal, regulatory and constitutional law at the trial and appellate levels. He defends clients accused of criminal misconduct in a variety of cases, including white collar crime (fraud, money laundering, foreign corruption), violent offences (homicide, terrorism, sexual assault), drug offences, and professional misconduct. He has an expertise in digital privacy law and search and seizure law, and has appeared in many of the leading cases in this area. Read more.

Sarit Batner, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault Read her bio

Sarit E. Batner is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Toronto Litigation Group, and is a member of the firm’s Board of Partners. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America. Sarit maintains a significant trial and appellant litigation practice, with a focus on complex commercial litigation and arbitrations.

Sarit has extensive trial and appellate experience including in cases considering breach of contract, patents, shareholder disputes, taxation, oppression, professional negligence and breaches of fiduciary duties. Read more.

Danielle Robitaille, Partner, Henein Hutchison LLP Read her bio.

Danielle is a partner at Henein Hutchison LLP. The focus of her practice is litigation and investigations. Danielle’s litigation
experience includes defending individuals and corporations charged with criminal, regulatory and disciplinary infractions at
trial and on appeal. She has been counsel on a number of high-profile, serious and complex cases. In addition to her
criminal and quasi-criminal defense practice, Danielle also takes on select civil matters. Read more.

Sean Fine, Justice Writer, Globe and Mail Read his bio.

Sean Fine is The Globe and Mail’s justice reporter. In a previous stint on the beat, in the early 1990s, he set up his own Supreme Court nomination hearing, because no one told him such things aren’t done in Canada. John Major was kind enough to submit it anyway. He did the first extended interview with Beverley McLachlin. He once asked Claire L’Heureux-Dube where her judgments came from and she pointed at her belly. Read more.

Professor Benjamin Berger, Professor and York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law, Osgoode Hall Law School. Read his bio.

Professor Benjamin L. Berger is Professor and York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2020 he was elected as a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Berger served as Associate Dean (Students) from 2015-2018. Read more.

Program details

Thursday, December 2, 2021
5:15 - 6:30 p.m.
ZOOM - 2 step registration. You will receive the details to join in your confirmation email.

This program contains 1 hour and 15 minutes of substantive content.

Registration Fee:

Members: $69.00 + HST
Member Licensing Candidates and New Calls: $25.00 + HST
Friends of the TLA: $130.00 + HST
Non-Members: $130.00 + HST

No refunds after November 25, 2021. An administrative fee of $25.00 will be applied to all cancellations.

Any opinions expressed by speakers are their own and are not necessarily the opinions of the Toronto Lawyers Association, its directors and staff.

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