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New NSBS Council members elected
Lawyers in Nova Scotia elected eight Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Council members March 16 in district elections — the first of its two-part election process. The eight will begin their two-year...
View ArticleCJC’s hearing in case of judge accused of using drugs kicks off next week
The allegations of a convicted drug dealer turned police agent and a confidential police informant are at the heart of an upcoming Canadian Judicial Council hearing into the conduct of Quebec Superior...
View ArticleAppeal court sends disbarment matter back to LSBC
A long-running disciplinary proceeding involving a British Columbia lawyer convicted of obstruction of justice and two other criminal offences has been sent back to the provincial regulator because of...
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Concerns raised about changes to LSUC online directory
A candidate in the Law Society of Upper Canada bencher election is raising concern about changes to the regulator’s online directory of lawyers and paralegals that allows them to identify their main...
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Profession divided on mandatory collection of diversity data: report
Most participants in a Law Society of Upper Canada consultation process agree law firms should collect diversity data. But according to an interim report released yesterday, the profession is divided...
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NSBS at-large reps elected
Three new council members were elected to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society on Monday in the at-large election.A total of 915 members cast ballots in the at-large poll, or 31.46 per cent of a...
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Controversial lawyers Groia and Galati among newly elected benchers
Prominent and outspoken lawyers Joseph Groia and Rocco Galati are among the newly elected benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The top vote-getters in this year’s election were Treasurer Janet...
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TWU decision unreasonable, federal government argues
While the question of alternative business structures dominated the recent Law Society of Upper Canada bencher elections, there’s another major issue about to take centre stage: the decision to...
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Changes in Manitoba would allow regulation of law firms
The Manitoba government proposed legislative amendments yesterday that would give the Law Society of Manitoba new powers to regulate law firms.Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh said the proposed...
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Two very different cost consequences at LSUC good-character hearings
As the Law Society Tribunal awards costs of almost $365,000 against Harry Kopyto in relation to his long-running bid for a paralegal licence, it has ordered another practitioner who also went through a...
View ArticleRemoval of Justice Déziel not warranted: report
After almost two years since allegations were first raised, members of an inquiry investigating the conduct of Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Déziel has decided he should not be removed from the...
View ArticleLawyers need to look gift horse in the mouth
Lawyers who don’t look a gift horse in the mouth could end up bitten, as the subject of a Law Society of British Columbia disciplinary hearing found out recently.Penticton lawyer Charles Albas has been...
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LSUC webcasts to continue despite few viewers
Issues such as mental health and addictions, entity regulation, and standards for advertising were on the agenda, but what drew the most debate by far at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s June...
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Barreau suspends new bâtonnière amid shoplifting allegations
Only weeks after taking office, the new bâtonnière of the Barreau du Québec has been suspended after a shoplifting incident she is alleged to have committed last year came to light.The decision follows...
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