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WHO WE ARE
The Law Commission of Ontario is Ontario’s leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced and authoritative advice on complex legal policy issues. Our work promotes access to justice and contributes to public debate.
Digital Rights
The influence of technology is pervasive; it is spreading to new areas of the private and public sectors, shaping lives like never before, and raising serious questions about access to justice. From these and other examples the LCO has begun to identify specific areas where there is evident need for sophisticated, thoughtful legal analysis in the Ontario context.
Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms
The LCO’s class actions project is the first independent, evidence-based, and comprehensive review of class actions in Ontario since the enactment of the Class Proceedings Act in 1993. The project will provide an independent and practical analysis of class actions in Ontario.
Defamation Law in the Internet Age
The LCO’s project is the most comprehensive analysis of Ontario’s defamation law framework to date. The project is examining the underlying purpose and function of defamation law and how defamation law should be updated to account for “internet speech,” including social media, blogs, internet platforms and digital media.
Last Stages of Life
Last Stages of Life project considers how the law shapes the rights, choices, and quality of life for persons who are dying and those who support them.
Past Projects
Medical Assistance in Dying – The Council of Canadian Academies
The Council of Canadian Academies has published three reports by the Expert Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying. The Law Commission of Ontario interim and final report for Legal Capacity, Decision-making and Guardianship have been [...]
Former Board Member Lorne Sossin Appointed to Ontario Superior Court of Justice
The Law Commission of Ontario would like to congratulate Lorne Sossin on his appointment to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. To read further on Lorne's appointment click here.
Australia’s defamation laws are ripe for overhaul
The LCO Defamation in the Internet Age project has been mentioned in the latest article in The Sydney Morning Herald. To read the article click here.
10 Year Report – Law Commission of Ontario: Past and Future
LCO is pleased to publish 10 Year Report reflecting on the work accomplished during these past ten years. To read the report click here.