anna l. marrison

ANNA L. MARRISON
Associée
T 416.367.6674
F 416.361.2535
Toronto
[email protected]
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/anna
marrison
Droit de la santé
Assurance et responsabilité civile
Appel et révision
Défense des droits en matière de santé
Gestion des risques
Défense médico-légale
Renseignements médicaux personnels et respect de la vie privée
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Toronto, 2002
Anna Marrison advocates for healthcare organizations and their staff in civil law suits. In
addition to appearing before all levels of civil courts in Ontario, Anna has appeared
before administrative tribunals, including the Health Professionals Appeal and Review
Board in relation to physician privileging disputes, regulatory colleges in relation to
complaints against health professionals, and the Consent and Capacity Board
regarding findings on capacity to make admission and treatment decisions.
BA (Hons.) in English, McGill
University, 1995
Ontario, 2003
Activités professionnelles
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association,
Health Law Section
Member, The Advocates' Society
Member, Medico-Legal Society of
Toronto
Volunteer, Mount Sinai Clinical Ethics
Committee
Anna regularly advises health care clients on health-related legislation, including the
Quality of Care Information Act, the Personal Health Information Protection Act and the
Health Care Consent Act. She provides advice on a wide range of health related issues,
including the release of personal information to third parties in such contexts as police
investigations, regulatory college proceedings and litigation. She provides advice in the
context of complex and challenging consent scenarios, including end of life decisionmaking, pediatric care and discharge to long-term care.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
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Acts for hospitals, healthcare clinics, and municipalities and their employees in
medical malpractice and other civil lawsuits.
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Represents hospitals on physician privileges issues before the Health
Professionals Appeal and Review Board.
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Advises healthcare clients on the review and disclosure of adverse events.
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Advises healthcare clients with drafting and updating policies and protocols, on
such topics as police communications, surrogacy births, use of blood products,
and mandatory reporting by healthcare providers.
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Represented a hospital at the Court of Appeal on the appeal of a summary
judgment motion Persaud v. Rzadki, 2014 ONCA 693 (CanLII).
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Represented a hospital and its nursing staff at trial arising from post-operative
care Spirito v. Trillium Health Centre, 2013 ONSC 5138 (CanLII).
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Represented a hospital and its nursing staff at trial arising from postpartum
complications Mangal v. William Osler Health Centre, 2013 ONSC 5276
Activités communautaires
Co-Chair, BLG Give-A-Day (to World
AIDS) annual campaign
Member, University of Toronto Law
School Mentorship program
Annual Volunteer, Frank Callaghan
Memorial Moot
Participant, 2012 Ride for Karen
Volunteer, Mount Sinai Clinical Ethics
Committee
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(CanLII) (appeal dismissed).
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Represented a hospital at a Coroner's Inquest arising from a death due to
complications of Sickle Cell disease - Osae (Re), 2012 CanLII 70988 (ON
OCCO).
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Represented a municipality and hospital at the Court of Appeal on limitation
period motion, including the application of limitation periods to Charter claims
Alexis v. Darnley, 2009 ONCA 847 (CanLII).
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Represented a hospital before HPARB in physician privileges appeal relating
to resource allocation Davidson v Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2012
CanLII 35969 (ON HPARB).
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Speaker, ""Individual and Institutional Liability: A Right to Health Care —
What's Covered and What is Not" and "The Basics of a Medical Malpractice
Action," Osgoode Certificate Course, April - May 2015.
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Speaker, "Court House Series: Challenging Credibility," The Advocates
Society, February 2015.
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Speaker, "Recent HPARB cases: disruptive physicians, end of life care and
resource allocation," BLG Seminar, January 2015.
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Conference Organizer and Chair, Osgoode Professional Development's
"Quality and Safety in Obstetrics" Conference; Panel Speaker, "Oxytocin – The
'Pit' falls of Augmentation Culture," June 2011.
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Speaker, "Disclosure of Adverse Events," Association of Ontario Midwives
Annual Conference, February 2011.
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Speaker, "Communications with Police," Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of
Canada Annual Risk Management Conference, April 2010.
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Speaker, "End of Life Decision Making," Presentation at Hospital Rounds,
2010.
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Speaker, "Non-Residents and Non-Insured Procedures — Legal and Practical
Issues," Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) Health Care Financial
Management Conference, September 2010.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2016 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
(Medical Negligence).
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