TTL Health Law Services

Advocacy and Representation of Regulated Health Care Professionals

LS Health Law offers legal advocacy and representation for regulated health professionals facing College complaints, s.75 investigations, discipline hearings, Medical Advisory Committees, hospital boards, and HPARB. We also have expertise in judicial reviews of administrative decisions, such as those of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) and HPARB.

Consulting for Health Care Businesses

With extensive experience in health law, our team at LS Health Law provides expert consulting for healthcare businesses.

Counsel to Litigators

We regularly provide legal strategy to counsel on matters involving health law and related disputes.

Health Law Mediation

With years of experience representing health professionals, LS Health Law is uniquely equipped to understand the legal, ethical, and practical challenges within the healthcare industry.

Support and Advice to Medical Staff Association

LS Health Law is experienced in the legal strategy necessary to assist Medical Staff Associations in navigating hospital politics and disputes.

Legal and Ethical Billing

LS Health Law specializes in advice pertaining to the legal and ethical billing rules under OHIP, helping healthcare providers navigate compliance with legal standards and ethical guidelines in their billing practices, and providing advice to resolve disputes effectively.

Press

The Toronto Star: Opinion | William Osler discipline of doctor an egregious abuse of power https://www.thestar.com/opini…de-de2fb676cfec.html

Law Times: Ontario’s new health law raises issues for physician recourse, says health lawyer Brooke Shekter https://www.lawtimesnews.com/…rooke-shekter/378520

CBC News: Foreign-trained doctors accuse department leads at Regina General Hospital of racism https://www.cbc.ca/news/canad…l-hospital-1.7021106

Law360: A nurse’s negligence not mitigated by ‘good faith’ | Brooke Shekter https://www.law360.ca/ca/arti…faith-brooke-shekter

The Toronto Star: Probe of Trillium Health Partners can’t substantiate claims of leadership abuses but calls for culture change https://www.thestar.com/news/…57-f754b097c444.html

CTV News: Doctors at major Ontario hospital network speak out about ‘abusive’ work conditions https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/do…conditions-1.5808673

CTV News: ‘The most toxic place’: Foreign-trained doctors file human rights complaint, alleging discrimination https://www.ctvnews.ca/health…rimination-1.6627237

Blog

Cutting funding for virtual care – The wrong move

As reported in the Toronto Star, provincial funding for virtual care provided by emergency room physicians.

Bill 60, the Your Health Act, 2023, requires a complaint process for patients. But provides no safeguards for physician’s privileges.

The Your Health Act, SO 2023, c 4, bill 60 (“Your Health Act”) received royal Assent on May 18. The new legislation intends

Ontario Hospitals Need to Adopt a Just Culture

Hospital administrators wield great power over physicians to whom they grant hospital privileges to practice in their public.