Category: Format – Case
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Law Society of Upper Canada v Viktor Serhey Hohots, 2015 ONLSTH 72
In this case, the lawyer supervised other lawyers in his immigration and refugee law practice. He also supervised an interpreter and immigration consultant who conducted work that was the lawyer’s responsibility. The Law Society of Upper Canada (not Law Society of Ontario) alleged misconduct on two grounds, the one relevant for our purposes being: “abdication…
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Law Society of Upper Canada v Deanna Lynn Natale, 2013 ONLSHP 94.
The lawyer in this case supervised staff in her debt collection practice. The Law Society of Upper Canada alleged misconduct on two grounds: the one relevant for our purposes being: “failure to assume complete professional responsibility for her practice and failure to directly and effectively supervise the staff to whom collection activities were delegated”. The…
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Law Society of Upper Canada v Farkas, 2017 ONLSTH 75.
The lawyer in this case was a sole practitioner who primarily practised refugee law. He was responsible for supervising non-lawyers and two Hungarian interpreters when he delegated the task of preparing PIFs to a non-licensee. He did so with little supervision. The lawyer was found to have “breached Rules 2.01(2) and 5.01(2) of the Rules…
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Law Society of Ontario v Miller, 2019 ONLSTH 106.
The lawyer in this case has been on the legal aid panel since he started his practice and practiced only criminal law. He was responsible for supervising his then-administrative assistant, to whom he delegated all of the Legal Aid billing. He failed to conduct himself in accordance with the integrity of the profession by abdicating…
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Law Society of Ontario v Forte, 2019 ONLSTH 9.
Lawyer supervisor Marco Forte hired his first articling student, Nadia Guo, and was to have failed to properly supervise her. The articling student engaged in a number of inappropriate behaviours, including online. Mr. Forte did not appear to approve the website content Ms. Guo posted. He had discussions with her about her importer communications and…
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Law Society of Ontario v Deslauriers, 2018 ONLSTH 61.
The lawyer in this case was responsible for supervising YD, a student-at-law, while a sole practitioner in a criminal law practice consisting of both legal aid and private clients. The Law Society of Ontario alleged misconduct on two grounds, the one relevant for our purposes being that the lawyer failed to assume complete responsibility for…