Author Archives: Sixties Scoop Lawsuit

The hearing of the certification motion on this is now scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 15th, 2013, and will continue on to the 16th, and if a 3rd day is required, on to the 18th.  The Court will hear … Continue reading →

Justice Edward Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will hear this first-time case. Plaintiffs Marcia Martel (Brown) and Robert Commanda will be arguing their case for the recognition of a class of 16,000 survivors of the 60′s Scoop … Continue reading →

Three judges of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Justices Marc Rosenberg, Eileen Gillese and Michael Tulloch) heard the appeal on October 25, 2012. They released the Court’s decision on January 17, 2013.  The Court upheld the decision of the … Continue reading →

The appeal was heard on October 25, 2012. We would like to thank everyone who was able to attend the hearing as well as those who were able to make it to the march the previous day. Your dedication and … Continue reading →

The appeal in this matter is now set to be heard by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on Thursday, October 25, 2012.  Three judges of the province’s highest court will be considering whether or not the decision of the … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to inform everyone that the Ontario Court of Appeal granted us leave to appeal the decision of the Ontario Divisional Court. This means that we met the test of compelling reasons to satisfy the Court of … Continue reading →

We are still awaiting word from the Ontario Court of Appeal as to whether or not that court will grant leave for us to appeal the Order of the Ontario Divisional Court (first Appellate court) to the Court of Appeal … Continue reading →

On December 28, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice – Divisional Court released its decision. Many of us attended before the Divisional Court in Toronto on  October 28, 2011 when the Court heard the argument of the Defendant Attorney General … Continue reading →

If you read the Toronto Star you might have seen a story about the Brown and Commanda case on the front page on Saturday November 5. It was authored by Linda Diebel, a reporter who has written previously about the … Continue reading →

For those of you planning on attending the Appeal Hearing on october 28, 2011, we were just informed by the court that the location has been changed. NEW LOCATION: Courtroom 6-1 361, University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1T3 The date … Continue reading →