Special Members' Meeting - January 24, 2024
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 12 January 2024
The Board of the Peel Law Association is calling a
SPECIAL MEMBERS' MEETING on
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 4:30 PM.
Location: PLA Library
This meeting has been called to present the membership with proposed revisions to our By-Laws, in order that we may be in compliance with Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA). Your attendance is important in shaping the future of the PLA.
Supporting documents will be shared before the meeting.
This meeting is open to all PLA members with 2024 memberships.
RSVPs are required to attend.
Please email PLA staff at library@plalawyers.ca to RSVP.
To renew your membership or to join the Association for the 2024 calendar year, click here to complete the 2024 PLA Membership form.
Once PLA staff receive your completed form, you will be sent an electronic invoice for payment.
| Posted in:News and Updates |
Book Spotlight - Mitigation in Ontario Employment Law
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 12 January 2024
Information provided on LexisNexis' website:
This title offers a detailed analysis of the many legal intricacies of mitigation, as well as practical tips for lawyers about how best to handle mitigation issues in their cases.
Mitigation is a key element of many employment law cases. From wrongful and constructive dismissal actions to human rights complaints, practitioners must consider the duty to mitigate and the impact it may have on their clients’ entitlements and liabilities. While at first glance, mitigation may appear to be a simple concept, upon deeper reflection, it presents myriad complex issues practitioners may have to address.
Topics Covered
- Evidence required to demonstrate a failure to mitigate
- How the courts respond to a failure to mitigate
- When income is considered part of mitigatory earnings
- Statutory entitlements and the duty to mitigate
- Duty to mitigate in the context of constructive dismissal
- Mitigation in fixed-term contracts
- Exceptions to the duty to mitigate
- Plus much more
For more information about this resource, click here.
This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.
Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.
As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP candidates.
| Posted in:Book SpotlightLibrary ServicesMembershipMember Benefits |
Upcoming CPD - Everything you ever wanted to know about Case Center (CaseLines) but were afraid to ask!
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 8 January 2024
If you are having trouble viewing the image above, please click here for the .PDF version of the flyer.
Registration closes at 12:00 PM on January 23, 2024.
| Posted in:PLA CPDsNews and Updates |
Book Spotlight - Skillful Witness Examinations in Civil and Arbitration Cases: Discoveries, Directs and Cross-Examinations
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 5 January 2024
Information provided on Thomson Reuters' website:
The authors' approach to conveying effective examination techniques is built upon a richly developed illustrative commercial dispute, which will ensure that these techniques are concretely demonstrated through references to a meaningful set of facts. Some twenty-four carefully drawn transcript excerpts are interspersed throughout the text to illustrate the practical application of effective examination techniques, all based on the case example.
A few selections from the detailed table of contents indicate the range and uniqueness of this work:
- A “Golden Rule” - Be Ready to Question off the Last Answer
- “Time Bombs”
- The Feckless Word “Recall”
- The Improper Leading Question Is Asked and the Damage Is Done - Now What?
- Three Foundational Concepts - Credibility, Control, and Confrontation
- Climbing the Rungs to an Admission or an Incredible Denial
- Tools of the Trade
- You Are Cross-Examining the Affiant, not the Affidavit
- The Basis of Control: Cementing the Expert In
For more information about this resource, click here.
This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.
Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.
As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP candidates.
| Posted in:Book SpotlightLibrary ServicesMembershipMember Benefits |
2024 PLA Membership Registrations
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 2 January 2024
The PLA Library is open for the New Year!
We hope you all had a wonderful winter holiday!
Now that staff are back in the library, we are ready to begin processing PLA memberships again
Register for your 2024 PLA Membership today!
Were you a member of the PLA in 2023?
Renew your membership before January 31, 2024, to avoid any disruptions to your membership benefits!
New or rejoining the PLA?
Register for your 2024 PLA Membership now to take advantage of the wonderful benefits offered to members of the PLA!
Click here for more information on the value of a PLA membership
Click here to complete the 2024 PLA Membership form
| Posted in:Membership RenewalMembership |
