Health and Social Services Group
The Health and Social Services Group provides legal advice to ministries and government agencies that are sometimes referred to as the "people ministries".
The Group provides solicitors' opinions and advice in a wide range of areas of the law, including contracts, statutory interpretation, administrative law (including administrative hearings and judicial reviews), intellectual property, privacy, trusts and family law.
Lawyers in this Group also work closely with Legislative Counsel regarding the drafting and amendment of regulations and statutes that relate to their clients, and with barristers from both the Civil Litigation and Constitutional and Administrative Law Groups regarding litigation that arises in connection with their clients' programs and activities.
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Examples of the Types of Cases On Which You May Work
Health and Social Services Group lawyers have provided advice on such matters as:
- the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Chaoulli and Zeliotis v. AG Quebec and AG Canada on how the Province deals with wait time issues in the context of administering the Medical Services Plan;
- issues involving the deaths of children in care;
- the Province's action against major tobacco companies for the recovery of tobacco-related health care costs; and
- cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction.
