Tag: Law Society of Upper Canada
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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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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…