Amani Oakley practices law in the areas of medical and chiropractic malpractice, with her law partner and husband, Neil W. Oakley and she is the Chair of the OTLA Medical Malpractice Section.
Prior to being called to the Bar in 1998, Amani obtained her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Toronto, and subsequently received additional training as a Medical Technologist in Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Haematology and Transfusion Services. She worked as a Medical Laboratory Technologist in Biochemistry at both Wellesley Hospital and Toronto East General Hospital for 10 years, and while continuing to work full-time, she returned to University to obtain her law degree.
Full Decision Overview In Hemmings, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) restated the separate roles of factual causation and remoteness in negligence. All three sets of reasons agree that the two inquiries are analytically distinct and that “remoteness” should replace “legal causation,” “proximate cause” and similar terms (paras. 43, 172, 289). The court divided, however, on how those principles applied to the trial judge’s reasons. …