She suggested that the reason there are so few female
practising lawyers outside large cities was... [more]
Not exact matches
That's because, if he had, it's at least plausible the judge would have used some version of: a connection is «substantial» if it's «material» which means «if it falls
outside the de minimis range», because that's where one is likely to wrongly go if one is going to err and is a
lawyer who
practised in common law Canada between 1997 and 2007 even if mostly on the criminal side.
Well,
lawyers practise wherever the subject needs protection and assistance; and the present scheme operating
outside the county and other civil courts cries out for critical
lawyers to help the unfortunates caught up in them.
These gaps in access to justice may be
outside the scope of what
lawyers can affect through changes to their own
practises.
But let's say, for hypothetical purposes, that we did come up with an affordable and practical articling system, one that could satisfy
outside observers that new
lawyers are competent to
practise law.
Our
lawyers are not licensed to
practise outside of BC, and it is against Law Society rules for any
lawyer to offer advice or assistance on a file that's being heard
outside the jurisdiction in which that
lawyer is licensed.
In recommending a reprimand and that the
lawyer be restricted to
practising under supervision and taking on new client matters only with a supervisor's approval, the committee found that the
lawyer was competent in his own area — commercial litigation — but noted that he «ran into trouble when he exercised poor judgment and took on cases
outside his area of practice.»
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