Tag: professional misconduct

Law Society of Ontario v Miller, 2019 ONLSTH 106.

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Format – Case, Professional Responsibility

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…
Law Society of Ontario v Forte, 2019 ONLSTH 9.

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Format – Case, Mentorship

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…