Sentences with phrase «attorney general doctrine»
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The New Mexico Attorney General's office has sued Fastbucks for providing unconscionable loans to New Mexico citizens, both under the common law unconscionability doctrine and the state's Unfair Practices Act's unconscionability provision.
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In this regard, this case follows some earlier ones, which are sometimes referred to as the «high water mark» of RCD jurisprudence, in which conduct was not required to be expressly mandated in order for the doctrine to apply (particularly, the Jabour case: Canada (Attorney General) v. Law Society (British Columbia), 1982 CarswellBC 133 (S.C.C.)-RRB-.
Under existing doctrine, it is difficult to reach any other conclusion other than that legal advice from a non-lawyer Attorney General is not encompassed by Solicitor - Client Privilege because a non-lawyer Attorney General does not qualify as a «professional legal adviser».
The Court of Appeal's decision in Sechelt was significant because it demonstrated that IJI was still alive and well in relation to the lands reserved head of s. 91 (24) following the efforts of the Supreme Court of Canada in a series of cases including Canadian Western Bank v Alberta, 2007 SCC 22 and British Columbia (Attorney General) v Lafarge Canada Inc, 2007 SCC 23 to limit the application of the IJI doctrine.
In Lafarge (British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lafarge Canada Inc., [2007] 2 SCR 86, 2007 SCC 23) and Mangat (Law Society of British Columbia v. Mangat, [2001] 3 SCR 113, 2001 SCC 67) the court held that the applicability of certain provincial laws to regimes governed by federal legislation constituted a conflict between intended purpose of the relevant federal legislation and the provincial legislation that triggered the application of the doctrine of paramountcy.
Also in the general objections was reference to the attorney work - product doctrine and / or subject to the Illinois Medical Studies Act or privileged information.
The Attorney - General Sir John Scott (later Lord Chancellor Eldon) argued for a doctrine of constructive treason.