Medico Legal Society of Toronto – 8th Annual Pot Pourri of Medico-Legal Cases

MLST’s 8th Annual Pot Pourri of Medico-Legal Cases
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 | 6:00 pm Reception, 6:30 pm Dinner & Presentations

Our Fall Pot Pourri is an evening of dining, education as leading counsel present on topics of significance to the Medico-Legal professionals. We look forward to seeing you at this interesting, convivial and informative evening!
Program Chair:  Lonny J. Rosen, C.S Rosen Sunshine LLP

Reception, Dinner & Presentation:
Our evening will begin at 6:00pm with a reception. Guests will take their seats at 6:30pm for dinner, and our first speaker will take the podium. Following our first speaker, the first course will be served; each subsequent course will be interspersed with a guest speaker.
Topics for the Evening Include:

• Hospital Privileges: An update from recent cases
  Paula Trattner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• Retroactive application of mandatory penalties in professional discipline cases: Ontario
  (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) v. Lee, 2019 ONSC 4294 (CanLII)
  Mark Veneziano, Lenczner Slaght
• Causation at the Court of Appeal: White v. St. Joseph’s Hospital (Hamilton), 2019 ONCA 312 (CanLII)
  Jessica DiFederico, Stieber Berlach
• Access to Complainant’s Medical Records in Discipline Proceedings: Ontario (College of Pharmacists) v. Member Y, 2019 ONCPDC 10 (CanLII)
  Elyse Sunshine, Rosen Sunshine LLP
• Is consent required for a no-CPR order where CPR would be of no benefit and only cause harm?  Wawryzniak v. Livingstone 2019 ONSC 4900 (CanLII)
  Daphne Jarvis, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP