Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

• Independent review of systemic discrimination at N.S. Barristers’ Society underway

  The society opened the process on April 14 with an apology on the main page of its website saying it acknowledges and regrets systemic discrimination in the justice system.

  Canada

  May 11, 2021
  
• Aspiring lawyers whose careers were cut short by war to be called to the bar

  With Remembrance Day only days away, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society and the provincial judiciary plan to recognize 11 law students or articled clerks by posthumously calling them to the bar.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2019
  
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• 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
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• SMU appoints advisory council on Indigenous affairs

  Saint Mary's University in Halifax has appointed a president's advisory council on Indigenous affairs, calling it another stage in its commitment to reconciliation.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2018
• Law firm forced to close after former N.S. Liberal Party president allegedly misappropriated clients’ money

  Adam Rodgers confirmed that the Port Hawkesbury-based Rodgers Law Group — formerly known as Boudrot Rodgers Law Inc. — will be closing its door after he discovered the firm was $1.5 million in debt. 

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• Nova Scotia’s law society won’t appeal Trinity Western ruling to Supreme Court

  The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society will not take its legal battle involving Trinity Western University to the Supreme Court of Canada.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2016