An article in the Edmonton Journal by Paula Simons about a case involving a suspended lawyer seeking to act as a legal agent.
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Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec
Today, the SCC released its decision in the above case wherein it held that the exception in the Income Tax Act allowing taxation authorities to demand accounting records from Quebec notaries and lawyers is both unreasonable and unconstitutional under s 8 of the Charter.
Legal Ethics: Disclosure, Ethics and Litigation Finance Loans
A story in Law Times this week that discusses a recent case raising issues of disclosure obligations and ethics surrounding litigation finance loans.
Apps and A2J: Mapping the Opportunities and Risks
A new Slaw post by Amy Salyzyn discusses the risks and opportunities in using legal technology to enhance access to justice.
Innovation finally sprouts in Canada’s legal garden following a pessimistic February
In his latest for the Legal Post, Mitch Kowalski observes:
So much has been happening in Canada’s legal innovation scene over the past three months that it makes me wonder if we’re finally at the tipping point of change in Canadian legal service delivery.
For the full article, see here.
Family Law ADR requires a higher ethical standard
A new blog post by Deanne Sowter provides some initial observations regarding her empirical research on the topic of ethics and professionalism in Family Law ADR.
Law Society of Upper Canada to move forward with proactive entity regulation
As announced on the Law Society’s website:
“Convocation approved the development of detailed options for a compliance-based regulatory framework, as recommended by the Task Force on Compliance-Based Entity Regulation. The options will be the subject of focused consultation with lawyers and paralegals. Convocation also approved the Task Force’s recommendation to seek authority to regulate entities through amendments to the Law Society Act. The recommendations are based on the Task Force’s study of the experience in other jurisdictions, its review of related research and comments received from lawyers, paralegals and legal organizations in response to a call for input.”
Full report available here.
CALE Conference – Teaching Session (Call for Proposals)
Proposals (volunteers) are invited for CALE’s session on Teaching to be held during the The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Legal Ethics Association (CALE) will be held this year on October 27-29 2016 at the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.
The session is entitled Teaching Legal Ethics: What Works? (and What Doesn’t . . .). The goal of the session is to have a multiplicity of voices bringing different experiences of successes and failures to share with the participants. We are therefore inviting proposals for presentations generally of 6-8 minutes long in which you will present one teaching exercise, learning material or assessment method that has worked for you in teaching legal ethics. You may also propose a teaching exercise that did not work and explain what you learned from this and how you responded. We will also consider proposals for longer than 8 minutes if you have a really really good idea to share with the group. Your presentation can be accompanied by a paper, a powerpoint or learning materials but it need not be.
Please respond to Jula (julahughes@me.com) and Adam (adodek@uottawa.ca) with a 3-5 line expression of interest by May 25, 2016.
Jula Hughes & Adam Dodek
Co-Chairs, Teaching Session, 2016 CALE Conference (Alberta)
Panama Papers and Breaking Bad: Why attack lawyers who help offenders avoid charges, and praise those who help the guilty go free?
Lee Akazaki writes about the above topic in a recent entry on his blog.
A National Code of Conduct?
A new blog post by Alice Woolley up at Slaw.ca in which she discusses the value of adopting uniform professional conduct rules across Canada.
Canadian Association for Legal Ethics / Association canadienne pour l’éthique juridique 