Sentences with phrase «conduct by provincial law»

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The case law to date has held that in order for the RCD to apply, all of the following requirements must be met: (i) there is valid provincial or federal legislation; (ii) conduct is legislatively mandated or authorized; (iii) the authority to regulate has in fact been exercised; and (iv) the regulated scheme has not been hindered or frustrated by the conduct (or used as a shield to engage in anti-competitive conduct).

This claim is undermined by the existence of a non-lawyer in the top provincial legal job who (a) effectively instructs and oversees the conduct of the largest group of lawyers in the province; (b) has privileged status under Law Society regulations; and (c) is responsible for Law Society legislation.

Various provincial law societies within Canada provide, in written rules of professional conduct, for the duties of skill and care owed by solicitors to their clients during the course of a retainer or engagement and following its conclusion.1.

Although at the time this case was heard, the majority of provincial and territorial appellate courts held that courts had jurisdiction to prevent defence counsel from withdrawing due to non-payment in fees, there was some division in the case law and differing approaches had been taken in the codes of conduct established by provincial law societies.