Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
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Independent review of systemic discrimination at N.S. Barristers’ Society underwayThe 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.CanadaMay 11, 2021
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Aspiring lawyers whose careers were cut short by war to be called to the barWith 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.CanadaNov 8, 2019
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Disbarred Halifax lawyer Lyle Howe won’t have to pay $150,000 penalty to be reinstatedNova 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.PoliticsOct 24, 2019
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SMU appoints advisory council on Indigenous affairsSaint Mary's University in Halifax has appointed a president's advisory council on Indigenous affairs, calling it another stage in its commitment to reconciliation.CanadaDec 20, 2018
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Law firm forced to close after former N.S. Liberal Party president allegedly misappropriated clients’ moneyAdam 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.CrimeDec 7, 2018
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Nova Scotia crown disputes bar society’s finding that race factor in lawyer’s treatmentThe 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.CanadaOct 23, 2017
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Halifax lawyer who argued he was singled out disbarred for misconductHe 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.CanadaOct 20, 2017
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Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society wants Lyle Howe disbarredThe society also wants him to pay between $450,000 and $600,000.CanadaSep 12, 2017
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Despite claims of racial bias, panel finds Lyle Howe guilty of professional misconduct, incompetenceThroughout 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.CanadaJul 18, 2017
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Nova Scotia’s law society won’t appeal Trinity Western ruling to Supreme CourtThe Nova Scotia Barristers' Society will not take its legal battle involving Trinity Western University to the Supreme Court of Canada.CanadaAug 15, 2016
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