About the Presentation

Two experienced occupational health and safety lawyers, from Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, including a former Ministry of Labour prosecutor, will comment on recent occupational health and safety developments arising from the courts, adjudicators and legislation. This quick-paced discussion will provide practical commentary and take-aways on a variety of issues and developments including: the relationship between the general duty clause and the regulations, recent and historic changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Criminal Code and workplace safety, sentencing developments, the scope of the workplace under the Canada Labour Code, and due diligence. In addition, the speakers will welcome any general OHS law questions whether related to one of the matters discussed or otherwise.

About the Presenters

Mathews Dinsdale was the first law firm in Canada, and one of the first in North America, to exclusively provide labour and employment law services to employers.  It is the only national boutique labour and employment law firm in Canada with offices coast-to-coast, in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia.  The firm enjoys a reputation as one of Canada’s leading labour and employment law firms, as its lawyers are regarded as some of the leading and most respected legal practitioners in their fields. The firm has the largest, most experienced, and highest ranked Occupational Health & Safely and WSIB combined practice in Canada and has been repeatedly ranked by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of the Top 10 Labour & Employment boutiques in Canada.

Jeremy Warning is a partner in the Toronto office of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP and a member of the firm’s National OHS and Workers’ Compensation practice group.  He is a former health and safety prosecutor who has been providing advice and representation on health and safety matters for more than 15 years.  He is a co-author of the Annotated Occupational Health and Safety Act, a leading health and safety text and the chair of the Occupational Health and Safety Subcommittee of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers.  Jeremy is listed as a “consistently recommended” occupational health and safety lawyer in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and as a leading occupational health and safety lawyer in Best Lawyers in Canada.

Deanah Shelly is an associate in the Toronto office of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark and is a member of the firm’s national Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Practice Group.  She has been practicing occupational health and safety law for more than 5 years and provides strategic and pragmatic advice on all matters involving workplace safety.  She also regularly represents employers and management in health and safety and other regulatory litigation.  In addition, Deanah conducts internal investigations on matters related to health and safety and conducts tailored training seminars for employers and management on all matters respecting workplace health and safety