Category Archives: Ethics and the Legal Profession

The Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories – 2012

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Alice Woolley

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 Jonnette Watson Hamilton

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 Alice Woolley

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 Alice Woolley

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 Alice Woolley

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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