Sentences with phrase «amended model code»

In 2014 the Federation amended the Model Code to address this issue, and the risk evidenced by the experiences of the lawyer for Paul Bernardo, who was charged with obstruction of justice after failing to provide the Crown with videotapes showing his client sexual assaulting a number of victims (R. v. Murray, [2000] O.J. No. 2182, 48 O.R. (3d) 544 (Ont.

On top of the original report and the amended model code of conduct, there is the excellent collection of precedent documents and checklists in the CBA Conflicts Task Force Toolkit.

Participate actively in the process for creating and amending the Model Code.

Not exact matches

This model policy was developed as a result of the 2013 Virginia General Assembly amended Code § 22.1 - 276.01 to define bullying.

Amended multiple times throughout the years, the Model Code establishes standards for the ethical conduct of judges, provides guidance to judges and candidates for judicial office and provides structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies.

Here, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada is now consulting on a change to its Model Code which would see the commentary to the general rule on lawyer competence amended to add the following statement:

The Code came into effect in Nova Scotia on January 1, 2012 and has been amended from time to time since then based on changes in the Model Code of Conduct of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

For example, British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal («BCHRT»), which has a direct - access model of filing applications that is similar to the application model in Ontario, amended their Human Rights Code to explicitly give the BCHRT the power to award costs if one or more of the parties engage in «improper conduct», in 2002.

In this post, I will discuss the lawyer's ethical obligations in ADR, as set out in the proposed amended Rules of Professional Conduct for the Law Society of Upper Canada that will implement the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's Model Code of Professional Conduct.

The amended Rules of Professional Conduct include a new numbering scheme that mirrors the Model Code.

That the Preamble to the Code of Ethics and the model MLS rules be amended clearly state that the Code and MLS rules are applicable in the «Internet environment».