While our work at Luke’s Place is focused on the family law needs and experiences of women who have left relationships in which they were subjected to abuse, we are well aware that other legal systems intersect with family law. For this reason, we have been paying close attention to the issue of whether or not coercive control should be criminalized.
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This is an interesting decision concerning a father seeking family reunification therapy in order to repair his fractured relationship with his 17-year-old daughter. The mother and father, in this case, had joint decision-making and parenting time of their two children (one who is now 18 and the 17-year-old).
Osanebi v. Osanebi 2023 ONSC 2546
This is an endorsement based on an application for an uncontested trial. The mother in this case sought the following relief: a divorce, decision-making responsibility for her two children and child support. The mother and father were married for 6 years before they separated. The father relocated to Nigeria and has not been involved in the children’s lives since separation.
May is recognized as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Canada. This is an important time to reflect on the prevalence of sexual violence in Canada and how we can work towards improving support and services for those who have been subjected to this violence.
Sexual violence is highly gendered. Women,
The passage of Bill C-233 through third reading in the Senate on April 19th offers hope to survivors of intimate partner violence and their children, while also raising some questions about exactly how it will be implemented.
While the Bill has two distinct components – the use of electronic monitoring in intimate partner violence (IPV) cases and judicial education about IPV – this article looks only at the judicial education provisions.
On March 30, the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission released its final report, Turning the Tide Together.
The Mass Casualty Commission was the joint public inquiry created to examine the April 18-19, 2020, mass casualty in Nova Scotia, in which a sole perpetrator killed 22 people throughout rural Nova Scotia,
From left to right, Frankie Wood and Kirsten Mercer for Luke’s Place and Archana Medhekar, Anna Matas and Samantha Eisen (not pictured) for the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic.
On March 23, 2023, Luke’s Place was honoured to intervene in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia at the Ontario Court of Appeal along with the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic.
Firearms can bring about deadly consequences for women and children in cases involving intimate partner violence.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, Luke’s Place joined a coalition of women’s and feminist organizations from across Canada in calling on the Liberal government and federal opposition parties to re-introduce and adopt amendments to Bill C-21 to define and ban assault-style firearms once and for all.
Luke’s Place connects women across Ontario to family law lawyers for free summary legal advice through our Legal Clinic. The lawyers who volunteer with our Legal Clinic are experienced and trained on the issues women deal with when they leave an abusive partner. Women from across Ontario can access our Legal Clinic via video conferencing or over the phone.
Three-Part Series into the death of Keira Kagan
City News Exclusive – By: Cynthia Mulligan
Part Three
A new report obtained by CityNews on the death of four-year-old Keira Kagan examines how the system intended to protect her ultimately ignored the risks she faced.
Earlier this week, CityNews revealed that a report for the coroner concluded Keira was likely killed by her father,
