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. Continue reading
The woman reportedly took payment from the alleged victims and didn’t provide the services upon which they had agreed, police say. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
John Wallace Findlay has been ordered to pay $1.75 million in reparations after he allegedly took money from a reserve fund in 2013. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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Michael Low was given a 19-month licence suspension, ordered to pay $30,000 in costs to the Law Society of Ontario and to repay thousands of dollars more to consumers whose money he took but provided no services. Continue reading
A Toronto lawyer who claims the federal government has a “pilot program” in place to help undocumented immigrants stay in the country says he’s right and others are wrong. The federal immigration minister, Ontario’s immigration minister and other immigration lawyers say no such program exists. Continue reading