Category Archives: Ethics and the Legal Profession

Independence of the Bar and the Prevention of Money-Laundering

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

PDF version: Independence of the Bar and the Prevention of Money-Laundering Cases Considered: Federation of Law Societies of Canada v Canada (Attorney General) 2013 BCCA 147. Introduction On April 4, 2013 the British Columbia Court of Appeal issued its decision … Continue reading →

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What has Meads v Meads wrought?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by and

PDF version: What has Meads v Meads wrought? Cases commented on: R v Duncan, 2013 ONCJ 160 (CanLII); R v Tyskerud, 2013 BCPC 27 (CanLII); Cassa v The Queen, 2013 TCC 43 (CanLII); R v Martin, 2012 NSPC 115 (CanLII); R … Continue reading →

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The Legality of Legal Advising

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

PDF version: The Legality of Legal Advising Matter considered: Edgar Schmidt v Canada (Attorney General) Federal Court File #T-2225-12 Introduction On December 13, 2012 Edgar Schmidt, a Department of Justice lawyer, filed a Statement of Claim in Federal Court naming the … Continue reading →

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Getting Foreclosure Practice Right: Some Regulatory Suggestions

Posted on January 8, 2013 by and

PDF version: Getting Foreclosure Practice Right: Some Regulatory Suggestions Case commented on: AGF Trust Company v Soos, 2012 ABQB 747 AGF Trust Company v Soos is a decision by Master Lorne Smart, reviewing a Bill of Costs in a standard … Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories – 2012

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

PDF version: The Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories – 2012 At the blog Legal Ethics Forum John Steele recently published a list of the top ten legal ethics stories in America in 2012 (here). With contributions from Adam Dodek … Continue reading →

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“Judges of first instance are not mere scribes, collators of evidence, collage artists, or way stations on the road to justice”: The Problems with Copy-and-Paste Judgments

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

PDF version: “Judges of first instance are not mere scribes, collators of evidence, collage artists, or way stations on the road to justice”: The Problems with Copy-and-Paste Judgments Cases commented on: University of Alberta v Chang, 2012 ABCA 324 (CanLII) … Continue reading →

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The immorality (and morality) of morality-based judging

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

PDF version: The immorality (and morality) of morality-based judging Case commented on: R v Zentner, 2012 ABCA 332 Introduction  On November 22, 2012, in its decision in R v Zentner, 2012 ABCA 332, the Alberta Court of Appeal reversed the … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: The Law Society of Alberta Code of Professional Conduct, 1995-2011 (1995 Code)

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

PDF version: In Memoriam: The Law Society of Alberta Code of Professional Conduct, 1995-2011 (1995 Code) Comment on: The new Law Society of Alberta Code of Conduct. In the fall of 2011 the Law Society of Alberta implemented a new … Continue reading →

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Lawyers regulating lawyers (redux)?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

PDF version: Lawyers regulating lawyers (redux)? Matter considered: Law Society of Upper Canada Complaint, Case No. 2012-105128 Introduction On November 3, 2011 I wrote a blog on the Law Society of British Columbia’s decision to discipline Gerry Laarakker for unethical … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Minimums and Lawyers’ Ethics

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

PDF version: Mandatory Minimums and Lawyers’ Ethics Statute commented on: Safe Streets and Communities Act, Bill C-10, 60-61 Elizabeth II, Assented to March 13, 2012 Introduction This week the New York Times had an article highlighting two recent federal court … Continue reading →

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