Lyle Howe

• Disbarred Halifax lawyer Lyle Howe won’t have to pay $150,000 penalty to be reinstated

  Nova Scotia's top court says a Halifax defence lawyer who was disbarred can be reinstated before paying a $150,000 penalty levied by the professional law society.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2019
  
• Nova Scotia crown disputes bar society’s finding that race factor in lawyer’s treatment

  The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society disbarred Lyle Howe Friday and fined him $150,000 after a disciplinary panel ruling that said the high-profile defence lawyer repeatedly misled the courts and committed other acts of professional misconduct.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2017
  
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• Halifax lawyer who argued he was singled out disbarred for misconduct

  He has also been ordered to pay the society $150,000 in costs for his lengthy hearing before he can reapply to regain his status as a lawyer in five years.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2017
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• Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society wants Lyle Howe disbarred

  The society also wants him to pay between $450,000 and $600,000.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2017
• Despite claims of racial bias, panel finds Lyle Howe guilty of professional misconduct, incompetence

  Throughout the hearing Howe alleged systemic racial bias in the legal community at large and in the barristers' society's decision to hold the disciplinary process.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2017
• Nova Scotia Crown withdraws sex-assault case against lawyer Lyle Howe

  Speaking outside court today, Lyle Howe said he didn't feel that as a black person the system treated him as fairly as it would have a white person.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2016
• Lyle Howe won’t be retried for sex assault after woman opts not to testify

  Lyle Howe, a lawyer with a high public profile in the city, was originally found guilty by a jury in May 2014, but the conviction was overturned on appeal on Sept. 4 and a new trial was ordered.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2016
• Halifax defence lawyer reinstated after conviction for sexual assault overturned

  Lawyer Lyle Howe has been reinstated as a practicing lawyer by the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. Earlier this month, his conviction for sexual assault was overturned and a new trial was ordered.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2015
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• Victim in Lyle Howe case was ‘blindsided’ when her name was posted on Facebook

  A sexual assault victim in Halifax says she was blindsided when her name was posted on Facebook and she hopes it won't deter other victims from seeking justice.

  Crime

  Mar 17, 2015
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• David Sparks pleads guilty to naming victim in Lyle Howe sex assault case

  A Halifax-area man has pleaded guilty to violating a publication ban in a high-profile sexual assault case.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2015