Sentences with phrase «of professional misconduct made»

Not exact matches

A few ill - chosen, sarcastic, or even nasty comments directed at one's opponent will rarely constitute professional misconduct, particularly if they reflect a moment of ill - temper and an apology is made.»

The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility wants to add provisions that would make it misconduct for lawyers to knowingly discriminate or engage in harassment in conduct related to the practice of law.

Moore - Bick LJ, giving the leading judgment identified the primary issue as being «whether a person who suffers damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, but which would not otherwise have been made, can recover damages at large».

«(i) that in matters of personal conduct he would be subject to the hospital's general procedures and that in matters of professional conduct he would be subject to a procedure agreed by the Local Negotiating Committee in respect of medical practitioners; (ii) that he was accused by the Trust of personal and professional misconduct; (iii) that because of the nature of the allegations made against him he was contractually entitled to a formal disciplinary hearing by a panel which included a clinician of the same discipline as himself and a legally qualified chairman, before which he would have the benefit of legal representation, if he so wished; (iv) that the disciplinary hearing which resulted in the findings of misconduct was not conducted in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment because the panel did not include a clinician of the same discipline as himself, nor a legally qualified chairman and because his request to be allowed legal representation was refused; (iv) that following the panel's findings he was dismissed for personal and professional misconduct; (v) that if the proceedings had been carried out in accordance with his contract of employment the panel would not have found that he was guilty of personal and professional misconduct and he would not have been dismissed; (vii) that because he was dismissed on the grounds of personal and professional misconduct (including dishonesty) he has been unable to find comparable alternative employment» [at para 10]:

Nonetheless, the significance of her ethical violations, the centrality of those violations to the ethical duties of lawyers, and the fact that she and Kent were in a lawyer - client relationship, make her admission of professional misconduct, and the severity of the sanction, understandable.

While he found it would be almost impossible to create an exact formula for determining when a lawyer has committed professional misconduct in the courtroom and agreed that it should be up to the Law Society to determine when misconduct took place, he did offer a set of basic principles that could be applied when trying to make a determination of in - court misconduct.

Accountancy professionals may also find themselves the subject of regulatory and disciplinary proceedings if an allegation of misconduct is made against them in criminal or civil proceedings.

Nevertheless, the judge found the appeal panel's test for measuring potential professional misconduct — that counsel must not impugn their opponents unless they make their allegations in good faith and on a reasonable basis — «fails to go far enough to protect the importance of zealous advocacy.»

One of the thornier questions in the regulation of care professionals is how to strike the balance between the interest of the public and the interests of the professional when allegations of misconduct are made.

Ethics lawyer Gavin MacKenzie with Davis LLP says Harding's words were «ill - advised and discourteous,» but he agrees they didn't constitute a professional misconduct «particularly since he had a legitimate point to make about the inappropriateness of the law clerk engaging him in correspondence about the interpretation of case law.»

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society charges Lyle Howe, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b) of the Act.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society charges Duane Rhyno, of Halifax, Nova Scotia with professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming in that he breached provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Proprofessional misconduct and conduct unbecoming in that he breached provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal ProProfessional Conduct (the «Code»), and the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act.

With the decision to penalise made by the Judicial Department of the Shandong province, Zhu has become the first ever lawyer to be forcefully stripped of his practising licence by administrative measure, not as a result of any professional misconduct but of exercising his civil right of expression.

It is not necessary for conduct to be «dishonourable, disgraceful, blatant or cavalier» (paragraph 32) in order to make a finding of professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct.

53.1 In an appropriate case, a panel may make an order requiring a member who the panel finds has committed an act of professional misconduct or finds to be incompetent to pay all or part of the following costs and expenses:

71.1 Section 71 also applies to an order made by a panel of the Discipline Committee because of a finding that a member has committed sexual abuse of the kind described in paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (5) or an act of professional misconduct described in subsection 51 (5.2).

Last summer, the law society found Groia guilty of professional misconduct and at press time was still considering whether to suspend him for up to four months and make him pay costs of $ 250,000.

That was one of the issues in a Law Society Tribunal case in which the panel made findings of professional misconduct against a Whitby, Ont., lawyer who acted for a client in her matrimonial dispute.

Amendments under bill 111 will enable the LSUC «to strengthen its hearing and appeals process for alleged cases of professional misconduct involving lawyers and paralegals, making it more transparent, fair and cost - effective,» said the law society.

In addition, the angry dissatisfied parent may also make complaints against the service provider through their licensing body, again with spurious and vexatious allegations of professional misconduct.

Additionally, a disciplinary committee of the Council, if it finds that a licensee has committed professional misconduct, can make various disciplinary orders including reprimanding or suspending licensees, or imposing a disciplinary penalty of not more than $ 250,000 in the case of a representative, associate broker, or managing broker and not more than $ 500,000 in the case of a brokerage or former brokerage.