Sentences with phrase «by provincial law societies»

Ongoing adoption of the Federation of Law Societies» Model Code of Professional Conduct by provincial law societies

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.

The obligation of a lawyer to protect privileged communications is invariably defined by provincial law societies and state bar associations.

Courthouse libraries are funded in a variety of ways depending on the province; but as a general rule, funds are provided by the provincial law society and law foundation.

Not exact matches

This national hurdle was established by agreement among the provincial law societies in 2009 as a logical outgrowth of the Federation's decision in 2007 to establish Canada - wide academic requirements for all Canadian law degrees, a process culminating in the approval by member societies of a set of National Requirements in 2010.

«There is currently litigation challenging the B.C. provincial government's decision to approve a law school at TWU and litigation in Ontario and Nova Scotia challenging the decision by law societies there not to approve the proposed law school at TWU.

Readers may also be familiar with similar initiatives such as CanLII Connects that allows publishers, law firms and academics to share commentary on cases and legislation on the CanLII website funded by Canada's provincial and territorial law societies.

CCH Conflicts of Interest Webinar on Professional Duties and Best Practices for In - House Counsel: A discussion of key case law and provincial law societies» rules on conflicts of interests, as well as special challenges and best practices for in - house counsel, co-presented by Lisa C. Fong and Kate Parisotto of Ng Ariss Fong and Madeleine Ménard of NAV Canada on November 21, 2013.

Trinity Western University may have been given the green light for its law school by the B.C. government and preliminary approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and stalaw school by the B.C. government and preliminary approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and staLaw Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and stalaw societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff.

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.

In support of his position, the father relied on the «Haudenosaunee right to be subject, [solely] and exclusively, to the family law and child support and parenting processes under Haudenosaunee law», which relates to the inherent right to self - government recognized and affirmed by the Constitution, and that the Haudenosaunee «have not accepted the imposition of Canadian laws that touch on matters central to their society, namely governance and the application of provincial and federal statutory regimes that infringe on their core identity as a people».

For example, a legal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»].

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I'm convinced now that an essential step in fixing what ails the system is getting rid of the monopoly granted by provincial statute to each of the law societies.

Rather than trying blackball TWU at the law society, if its opponents truly oppose its behaviour, they should lobby the provincial government to amend the BC human rights code to prohibit its actions (and consider the implications of doing so for other parties — the same provision relied upon by TWU also permits rape centers to refuse to hire transgendered persons.

The provincial law societies and associations have arranged some support and resources for members of the profession, such as the newly revamped Member Assistance Program (MAP) funded by the Law Society of Upper Canalaw societies and associations have arranged some support and resources for members of the profession, such as the newly revamped Member Assistance Program (MAP) funded by the Law Society of Upper CanaLaw Society of Upper Canada.

I would expect the national and provincial law societies, bar associations, and other lawyers» organizations, as well as the associations of other professionals affected by this, will strongly lobby the government, the CRA, and individual members of Parliament as soon as possible to make them aware of the reasons the exclusion of WIP was allowed in the first place and of the serious effects this change in taxation will have.

Canadian law societies are authorized by provincial legislatures to decide who can practice law and provide legal services [2].

By statute, Canada has 14 provincial and territorial law societies that regulate Canada's 100,000 lawyers, Quebec's 4,000 notaries and Ontario's 6,000 paralegals.

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.

The provincial law societies, by contrast, have the power and need to commit to exercising it in the public interest to address these intractable problems.

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.

In general, provincial and territorial law societies regulate admission to the practice of law by prescribing entrance requirements and evaluating whether applicants have met these requirements.

-- a flag waving, «more Canadian than thou», company based in Ontario, — a quiet low key gentlemanly Canadian business based in New Brunswick, — a profitable provincial crown corporation based in Quebec, — a righteous free service owned by the law societies and operated out of a university technology think tank, — an Anglo Dutch multinational with deep Canadian online roots, and — a Canadian controlled multinational with its executive based in the United States.

If enacted, the Act will provide that no person shall knowingly represent or advise a person for consideration — or offer to do so — in connection with an immigration proceeding or application unless the person is a lawyer that is a member in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society, or a member of a body designated by the government, effectively making it a criminal offence to operate as an unlicensed immigration consultant.

Equal representation among lawyers with diverse qualities, interests, and backgrounds is a challenge recognized by the Canadian Bar Association and provincial law societies.