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Hackland made multiple errors in law, claim Ford’s lawyers
The original Toronto city council decision that Rob Ford should return donations to his private football fund from lobbyists, was invalid and as a result a Superior Court judge should not have ordered...
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The top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories for 2012
With contributions from Adam Dodek (University of Ottawa), Malcolm Mercer (McCarthy Tétrault LLP), Richard Devlin (Dalhousie University), and other members of the Canadian Legal Ethics Listserv, here...
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This week at the SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals this week, including the highly anticipated conflict of interest case Canadian National Railway v. McKercher LLP on Thursday.Jan. 21 — Newfoundland...
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SCC to hear arguments on bright line conflict rule tomorrow
The Canadian Bar Association will urge the Supreme Court of Canada to water down its bright line rule on conflicts during Thursday’s hearing of Canadian National Railway v. McKercher LLP.The rule came...
View ArticleActing for oneself and others in a case can be tricky
The Ontario Court of Appeal court ruled in favour of a lawyer accused of breaching the deemed undertaking rule yesterday but denied him costs because of his decision to stand as counsel in a case in...
View ArticleTorys lawyers seek $4 million in costs from LSUC
Two Ontario lawyers cleared of conflict of interest allegations by a Law Society of Upper Canada hearing panel are seeking costs estimated at $4 million from the regulator.In a 69-page costs...
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The top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories of 2013
Once again John Steele at Legal Ethics Forum has compiled his list of the top 10 ethics stories of 2013. As was the case last year, his list has inspired me to think about the top 10 ethics stories in...
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LSUC to appeal Sukonick and DeMerchant decision
The Law Society of Upper Canada will appeal a hearing panel decision that fully exonerated two Torys LLP lawyers in a conflict-of-interest case that dragged on for eight years.The allegations relate to...
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Court approves law firm’s ethical screen
When a lawyer for an opposing party joined its firm, Lloyd Burns McInnis LLP faced a real possibility of removal from a case due to a conflict of interest. But in an exemplary case of a timely ethical...
View Article‘Minor’ advantage not enough to disqualify former in-house lawyer from case
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge refused to disqualify a lawyer from a case this week even though the lawyer was previously in-house counsel for the company his current client is suing. The...
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