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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Now in its 21st year, this popular program offers the rare opportunity to hear directly from two Toronto Associate Judges, before whom you might appear in the future. They will walk you through the key stages of a civil motion, including procedure, presentation, practice management, remote communication, professionalism, and ethics.
Whether you are a Licensing Candidate, a recent call, new to arguing motions, or simply looking for a refresher, this session is for you.
Here’s what our speakers will cover:
Avoiding motions:
Why you want to avoid motions and how to go about it.
Preparing written materials:
How to write persuasively.
Start by considering what you want. Then draft your notice of motion to reflect that.
Ensure you understand the legal tests that apply so your evidentiary record covers each point.
Accurately present the current state of the law.
Service before filing
How to avoid pitfalls so your motion is not adjourned because it was not served on time or properly.
The oral presentation
Tips for effective oral advocacy, whether in person or remotely.
How to make a compelling argument, without deviating from the evidence or the applicable law, to ensure you’re heard and understood.
Advice on remote motions.
Ethical advocacy.
Prior to her appointment to the Ontario Court of Justice, Associate Justice Abrams was a civil litigator at Fasken and later Torys. Concurrent with her law practice, she served as an adjudicator (and Vice-Chair) at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and at the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. Associate Justice Abrams has presented at a number of CLE programs; acted as a coach for the National Judicial Institute’s judicial dispute resolution/settlement conference programs; co-taught the Osgoode Hall Law School “Lawyer as Negotiator” course; and served as a member of the Board of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. She is also the co-author of Canadian Civil Procedure Law, 1st and 2nd editions (LexisNexis), The Practitioner’s Evidence Law Sourcebook (LexisNexis), Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Civil Procedure and Interim Preservation of Property Rights (LexisNexis) and Canadian Credit Union Law – A Detailed Survey (CCH Canadian) and is a contributor to LexisNexis Practical Guidance.
Prior to his appointment to the Ontario Court of Justice, Deputy Judge Mark Gannage, was litigation counsel at Torys, McCarthys, Stikeman Elliott and Goodmans, as well as a certified adjudicator who served on various tribunals. Deputy Judge Gannage has given seminars and workshops to judges, lawyers, judicial law clerks and law students on legal writing and other topics and has moderated numerous education programs, author talks and TLA special events. He is the author of Gannage’s Ontario Civil Litigation Commentary and Checklist (Thomson Reuters), three chapters in Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Canadian Precedents of Pleadings (Thomson Reuters), has published articles in the Annual Review of Civil Litigation, The Advocates’ Quarterly and other refereed journals, and two federal law reform works. He is a Contributing Editor of the Toronto Law Journal. A former full time and adjunct law professor, Deputy Judge Gannage conceived, designed and taught U of T Law School’s first course in Advanced Legal Research, Analysis and Writing.
Prior to his appointment to the Ontario Court of Justice, Associate Justice Josefo was a civil litigator, practising primarily in Labour and Employment law as well as Human Rights law as it pertained to employment. Associate Justice Josefo also served as a Vice Chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal; a member of the corporate board of the National Research Council, Canada’s leading science and technology agency operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry; and an elected school board trustee.
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