Family and Matrimonial

In Ontario, when medical negligence leads to a patient's death, surviving family members may have the right to pursue a wrongful death claim.

Canadian families are more global than ever and this trend will only continue.

An Attorney for Property has the "power to do on the incapable person's behalf anything in respect of property that the person could do if capable, except make a will," says subsection 31(1) of the Substitute Decisions Act (Ontario) ("SDA").