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The Inquiry into Paediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
This is the Inquiry headed by The Honourable Stephen T Goudge Commissioner Link to the Commission's website
We are pleased to announce that Dr Bob Moles of Networked Knowledge, and Bibi Sangha of the Law School, Flinders University, have been
engaged by the Commission to provide them with a paper relating to paediatric deaths in South Australia. The report will subsequently be
published as part of the Commission's proceedings.
The Report was released 1 October 2008
An interesting and important blog site on the Smith case
Harold Levy's Blog on Dr Smith
Harold Levy is a former journalist with the Toronto Star. His background material on Dr Smith, including his cv is most interesting
This is the Harold Levy profile
This is an interesting article by Levy
on Smith's defamation actions against the media
Media Reports
8 October 2008 - National Post - Who examines the medical examiners?
7 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Baby death review 'daunting'
3 October 2008 - The Hamilton Spectator - Monster's acts were allowed
3 October 2008 - Canwest News - Ontario pathologists sued for $13M [William Mullins-Johnson]
3 October 2008 - National Post - Painful lessons from the career of Charles Smith
2 October 2008 - Hamilton Spectator - Report roasts 'arrogant' Smith - Pathologist, chief coroner faulted
2 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Smith's bosses face investigation” [College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]
2 October 2008 - Toronto Star - The damage done by Doctor Smith
2 October 2008 - National Post - Trial judge raised red flag years earlier
2 October 2008 - Globe and Mail - Deeply flawed coroner's office condemned
1 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Goudge report applauded by First Nations leaders
1 October 2008 - Hamilton Spectator - Some quotes from the Goudge inquiry
1 October 2008 - MSNBC - Canada to compensate pathologist's victims
1 October 2008 - The Star - Recommendations 'bang on,' family head says
1 October 2008 - CBC - Inquiry blasts pathologist Smith and his overseers
1 October 2008 - Canwest News - Inquiry blasts Ont. coroner's office
1 October 2008 - Globe and Mail - Report blasts officials for shielding renegade pathologist
May 2008 - Canadian Lawyer - Smith inquiry raises expetations from the bar
2 April 2008 - Globe and Mail - Ontario waiting on compensation in Smith case
1 April 2008 - Canadian Press - Pathologist 'demonized' at inquiry but was product of flawed system
1 April 2008 - Globe and Mail - Top coroners didn't act, commission told
31 March 2008 - National Post - Dr. Smith and the price of justice
29 March 2008 - Peterborough Examiner - Waudby group speaks Monday
28 March 2008 - National Post - Pathologist Smith lays blame on system
28 March 2008 - Globe and Mail - Ontario's Chief Coroner wants to restructure its operation
27 March 2008 - All News Radio - Ont. urged to widen review of pediatric autopsies in wake of Smith's errors
27 March 2008 - National Post - Profession not in crisis, top pathologist says
27 March 2008 - Globe and Mail - Pathologists failings difficult to detect: chief coroner
27 March 2008 - CBC News - Ontario urged to review all pediatric autopsies since 1981
9 March 2008 - Toronto Star - The 'forgotten victims' torn from their homes
12 February 2008 - National Post - Murder Conviction: Smith's testimony in Ohio may lead to an appeal
11 February 2008 - Ottawa Citizen - Unmasking the expert: musings on the Goudge inquiry
8 February 2008 - National Post - Pathologist testified in US death penalty case, inquiry hears
7 February 2008 - Toronto Star - Mistake by Smith found in 1990s case
2 February 2008 - Globe and Mail - Smith mulls fate of children taken from families
1 February 2008 - National Post - Smith accused of another lie
1 February 2008 - Toronto Sun - If forensic pathologists become 'cops in lab coats
1 February 2008 - Globe and Mail - A victim offers his accuser forgiveness
31 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - Pathologist denies prejudging parents' guilt
30 January 2008 - Canadian Press - Smith admits visit to suspect was wrong
29 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - Goudge commission lawyer attacks Smith story
29 January 2008 - National Post - The farce of Charles Smith
29 January 2008 - Toronto Star - Dangerous devotion to doctors' orders
28 January 2008 - Peterborough Examiner - Pathologist apologizes at Goudge Inquiry for misplacing hair in his desk for five years
28 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - 'I am sorry,' Smith says, but strikes back at probes
28 January 2008 - National Post - Disgraced pathologist woefully inadequate
27 January 2008 - National Post - Disgraced Ontario pathologist begins testimony
27 January 2008 - Toronto Star - Forensic Pathology Inquiry - Centre of the pediatric inquiry storm
17 January 2008 - National Post - Ontario judge refutes Smith's allegations
15 January 2008 - National Post - Police felt guilt, Smith probe told
14 January 2008 - National Post - Pathologist convinced police that woman killed her child
11 December 2007 - Toronto Star - Police sway pathologists' conclusions, expert says
11 December 2007 - Globe and Mail - Staff was in crisis, chief pathologist testifies
10 December 2007 - Toronto Star - Signals missed as pathology errors piled up
8 December 2007 - Globe and Mail - Goudge Commission: Questions raised about another pathologist
24 November 2007 - The Sudbury Star - Pathologist [Dr Jack Crane] critical of Smith's work
21 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Cairns wrong to defend Smith, inquiry told [Prof Jack Crane]
15 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - Staff crunch endangers system, commission told
15 November 2007 - National Post - Dr. Charles Smith lacks forensic knowledge, critics say
15 November 2007 - National Post - Disgraced pathologist's work continued despite concerns
14 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Discredited pathologist Dr. Charles Smith made questionable findings
14 November 2007 - National Post - Problems went beyond pathologist's flawed work: inquiry
14 November 2007 - Belleville Intelligencer - Apology means nothing
14 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - Commission reveals 13 new cases based on questionable opinions by disgraced pathologist includes text of statement by Dr Smith
14 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Dr Smith's apology
13 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Apology cold comfort
12 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Smith's cases
12 November 2007 - National Post – Goudge inquiry facts
12 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - How did system allow Smith to go unchecked?
12 November 2007 - The Star - Probe of pathology system begins
13 October 2007 - Globe and Mail - Bad autopsy shouldn't alter verdict, court told
5 October 2007 - Sun Media - Pathologist seeks to bar letters
3 October 2007 - Globe and Mail - Medical registrar fights inquiry
19 September 2007 - Justice: The Errors of Charles Smith: The Trotta Case
18 August 2007 - Toronto Star - Group may cross examine witnesses
16 July 2007 - Channel 7 Today Tonight Adelaide - The Forensic Science Centre and South Australian investigations
18 June 2007 - Canadian Press - Inquiry head to hear stories of people affected
24 May 2007 - Commissioner of Pediatric Forensic Pathology Inquiry to make public statement on June 18 2007
24 May 2007 - The Packet & Times - Dr Charles Smith: falsely accused Louise Reynolds fights back
18 May 2007 - Canadian Press - Dr Charles Smith owes woman $44,000 in legal costs over wrongful conviction
11 May 2007 - The Whigg - How a once-respected pathologist turned victims into suspects
8 May 2007 - The Whigg - This was a serious misdiagnosis (Dr Smith in Reynolds' case)
7 May 2007 - Globe and Mail - Worker stole from body bags, tampered with evidence
4 May 2007 - Standard Freeholder - Dr Charles Smith - The case against capital punishment
3 May 2007 - Media Release - Commissioner Goudge Appoints Staff to Paediatric Pathology Inquiry
3 May 2007 - CanWest News - Man convicted on controversial doctor's evidence, granted bail
30 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Criminal defence lawyers must share blame, expert says
30 April 2007 - Law Times - Inquiry doesn’t go far enough
30 April 2007 - Whigg Standard - Most awful case; Errors known long ago, pathologist says
29 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Closer coordination urged between coroners, forensic pathologists
27 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Arctic coroners comb files for flawed autopsies
27 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Dr Pollanen - wunderkind challenged Dr Smith
26 April 2007 - Times Colonist - Dr Smith consulted on death of Dorian Stobo BC
25 April 2007 - Media Release Attorney-General - Justice Goudge to head inquiry
25 April 2007 - Canadian Press - DaVinci's Inquest: Larry Campbell helps public inquiry
25 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Judge Goudge to head inquiry
24 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Ontario to review wrongful convictions in child deaths
24 April 2007 - CBC News - Smith's cases show need for watchdog says pathologist
24 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Full scale inquiry announced
23 April 2007 - The Sudbury Star - 'Fundamentally flawed'; Autopsy had no merit: review
23 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Embattled pathologist in BC case
23 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - baby Joshua Sherrett death misdiagnosed
22 April 2007 - CanWest News Service - Nice man his neighbours say
22 April 2007 - CanWest News Service - BC joins review of pathologist
20 April 2007 - Kingston Whigg Standard - Dr Smith did over 1000 autopsies
20 April 2007 - The Sudbury Star - Woman wants justice to catch up to pathologist
20 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Autopsy review sparks wider probe - details other cases
19 April 2007 - Canadian Press Reports on Investigation into Dr Smith cases
19 April 2007 - Chief Coroner Ontario - Report on Investigation into Dr Smith cases
18 April 2007 - Dr Smith said to have erred in some 20 suspicious death cases
18 December 2006 Tracey Tyler of the Toronto Star reported “Should experts be sued?
Law Reports
2007 - Reynolds v City of Kingston Police Services - Ontario Court of Appeal
Overturns previous decision on witness immunity and supports dissenting judgment of Wilson J
2006 - Reynolds v City of Kingston Police Services - Ontario Div Ct
Witness immunity and misfeasance in public office (involving pathologist Dr Charles Smith)
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