Tag: student-at-law

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…
Law Society of Ontario v Deslauriers, 2018 ONLSTH 61.

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Format – Case

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…