In disbarring Robert Comartin, a regulatory tribunal concluded he had acted dishonestly and shamelessly for the better part of a decade in helping himself to hundreds of thousands of dollars under the guise of "legal fees."

Police allege the lawyer was withholding funds held in estate accounts and refusing to disperse them to clients after their loved ones had died.

The board is meeting to discuss - and potentially vote on - a motion to repeal the rule that calls for lawyers to create and abide by a so-called "statement of principles" acknowledging their obligation to advocate for equality and inclusion.

The woman reportedly took payment from the alleged victims and didn't provide the services upon which they had agreed, police say.

James Cooper Morton stood up in a Newmarket courtroom on Friday and admitted he married Jennifer Packwood, a law clerk from the office where he worked in Hamilton, despite the fact he was still married to his wife, Justice of the Peace Rhonda Shousterman.

John Wallace Findlay has been ordered to pay $1.75 million in reparations after he allegedly took money from a reserve fund in 2013.

Asim Khan told Global News the lawyer, Tilda Roll, initially refused to release the balance of the roughly $1-million settlement until the extra charge was paid.

A Toronto woman who posted a mildly-negative review about a company selling a product aimed at dog owners quickly found out its bite was worse than her bark.

Despite judicial criticism of the situation dating back decades, justice has often proven elusive when disbarred lawyers have no assets or hide any they do have, leaving clients high and dry.

A Toronto lawyer has filed a $10.75-million lawsuit following a report on Global News about a program to allow undocumented workers to remain in Canada.