Tag: rules of professional conduct
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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 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 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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George Critchlow, “Professional Responsibility, Student Practice, and the Clinical Teacher’s Duty to Intervene”
Similar to other American clinical legal education research on supervision, this article addresses when intervention is required in the student-client relationship. It is difficult for supervisors to know when they should intervene as they balance the student-teacher and the student-client relationship. Clinical teachers must consider client expectations, student competency, teacher competency, and the interests of…