Tag: Law Society of Ontario
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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 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…
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Law Society of Ontario, Rules of Professional Conduct
Under Rule 6.1-1, a lawyer is responsible for directly supervising non-lawyers assigned tasks and functions. This rule imputes a requirement for the non-lawyer to be competent, though there are no competency requirements for non-lawyers. Non-lawyers are to have their work reviewed by the lawyer frequently. There must be a close contact relationship, and the lawyer…
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Douglas D Ferguson, “Supervision in the Clinic Setting: What We Really Want Students to Learn”
This article discusses the key elements of student supervision in Community Legal Services at University of Western, Ontario. The paper begins by examining the clinics compliance with the supervision requirements of the profession’s governing body. The Law Society of Ontario set out supervision requirements for legal clinics in Rule 6.1 and by-law 7.1 of the…