Sentences with phrase «practising lawyers who»

The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia honours lawyers through the Queen's Counsel process, which recognizes exceptional practising lawyers who have 15 or more years at the Bar and have demonstrated professional integrity, good character and outstanding contributions to the practice of law.

«What we've tried to do is when we were developing the program we asked practising lawyers who are experts in their area to tell us what every lawyer in their first five years of practice needs to know to be a successful lawyer in that field, and that's what we're teaching,» explains Leveque.

«There are plenty of other practising lawyers who put their names to their opinions.

This is unrelated to the policy of making Canadian qualifications more readily available to actual foreign practising lawyers who want to come here.

2 - 23.2 (1) A lawyer must not practise law in an MDP unless (a) the lawyer and all members of the MDP are in compliance with Rules 2 - 23.1 to 2 - 23.12 and the Professional Conduct Handbook, (b) all lawyers who are members of the MDP have obtained express permission under this Division to practise law in the MDP, (c) all non-lawyer members of the MDP are of good character and repute, (d) all members of the MDP agree in writing (i) that practising lawyers who are members of the MDP will have actual control over the delivery of legal services by the MDP, (ii) that non-lawyer members of the MDP will not interfere, directly or indirectly with the lawyer's (A) obligation to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (B) exercise of independent professional judgement, (iii) to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (iv) to cooperate with and assist the Society or its agents in the conduct of a practice review, examination or investigation, and (e) all members of the MDP who are governed by the regulatory body of another profession agree to report to the MDP any proceedings concerning their conduct or competence.

We won't reveal details of your legal issue to just anyone: we'll only show your job to verified, practising lawyers who actively work in the area in which you need help.

Pro bono is open to law students and practising lawyers who volunteer their time to advise members of the community on legal matters, who may not otherwise have access to advice.

Legal publishing in jurisdictions like Victoria — or Canadian provinces for that matter — relies on legal academics or practising lawyers who work hard to write a book, which their publishers will know have very limited sales potential.

Not exact matches

The recent clarification of the powers of the federal Commissioner of Competition to assert privilege over documents is an opportunity for more efficient and fair proceedings in the future, say lawyers who practise in the competition field.

Redford plays Jim Grant, a former member of the radical left organisation, Weather Underground, and who is now a practising lawyer with an 11 year old daughter.

Young lawyers are not getting enough exposure to the real world,» says Thomas Zuber, a retired superior and appeal court judge who also practised law and taught at the University of Windsor for many years.

Founded in 1994, the firm features lawyers who formerly practised in the Vancouver market,... more»

Acknowledging and respecting those subtleties is second nature to lawyers who have been practising in the province for even a short time.

Is the BC initiative directed at paralegals employed by lawyers, or is it anticipated that there would be paralegals who practise on their own and offer services directly to the public?

While the LSUC has undertaken numerous efforts to boost the number of available articling positions, the default logic remains primarily market - based in the sense that private lawyers who are eligible to serve as principals (and it is private lawyers who make up the vast bulk of principals) are entitled to decide for themselves, on the basis of their own private economic calculations, whether to devote any of their money, time and other practise resources to experiential training.

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.

I was somewhat surprised and disappointed, having asked a practising lawyer that I know to describe what he thought to be key quality standards from legal publishers who serve his needs.

Bruce Karten is an experienced criminal defence lawyer who has been practising for 40 years in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Scarborough and other parts of Ontario, including Newmarket, Brampton, Oshawa, Trenton, Belleville and the Niagara Region.

I think women in our class accounted for 40 per cent so it was a decent percentage but from my graduating class, in terms of transaction lawyers, there is essentially myself and one other classmate still practising who happens to be at Dentons as well.»

Laura Fryer, also a family lawyer who practised with Fryer & Associates in Markham, Ont., now replaces Justice D. Roger Timms at the family court branch.

Van Ommen, who assumes the mantle in January, says the current president, David Crossin, is also supporting more unbundling services and is preparing a letter aimed at encouraging lawyers in B.C. to participate in this practise.

Munro, who practised criminal law since 1996, is the past - president of the Essex Law Association, the Windsor Criminal Lawyers» Association, and the Florida Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers.

«This office will appeal to lawyers who love to practise law,» says Viner.

We need people who know that history, to help guide policy and maintain the collective memory, but most of them will not be practising lawyers, I suspect.

Any lawyer or paralegal who has been practising for more than two years needs 12 hours of CPD, including a minimum of three hours of professional responsibility and ethics.

In 2007, the London, Ont., lawyer, who practises at McKenzie Lake Lawyers, led a team of experts commissioned by the Ministry of the Attorney General in an evaluation of the province's Family Court.

The answer generally comes from across the oak - panelled desk of a lawyer, who draws on wisdom gained from years of practise, experience with similar cases and knowledge of the law to make a judgment call.

The plaintiff's lawyer and the lawyer with whom the defendant had spoken both practised as part of a group of lawyers under the same firm name, sharing the same business address and office premises and using the same telephone number (save for three digit extensions), fax number and email domain — but who were not partners, nor members of a law firm as traditionally defined.

From a risk management perspective, it can be more challenging, because lawyers who practise alone lack colleagues close at hand with whom to discuss tricky legal issues.

Created in 1928 as a counterweight to lawyer - rich Montreal and Quebec City, the 6,500 - member APP was devoted to ensuring the quality of legal services in smaller urban centres and rural regions and giving voice to the lawyers who practise there.

Through these relationships and contacts, Marks IP Law Firm has access to a large network of lawyers practising in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other jurisdictions worldwide and will stand out as one of the few Japanese IP firms which can provide legal services to clients who are doing or planning to do business in the growing Asian economy.

The SCC ruling in Delta Air Lines Inc. v. Lukács is noteworthy to lawyers who practise administrative law because the decision could be used to persuade tribunals to have a more flexible approach in who is granted standing in their proceedings.

I worked with a group of lawyers practising in a niche area of law, who hosted an annual half - day seminar comprised of more than a dozen back - to - back 10 - minute presentations.

A sole practitioner who often practised in association with other lawyers, Sack took on several high - profile criminal cases in Toronto.

The trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 17, centres around whether or not the plaintiffs, a pair of lawyers who practised together but were not partners, are owed legal fees by the defendants, their former clients.

With a small investment of time and energy, lawyers who practise alone can mitigate all of these risks by building a support network.

I suppose there have always been lawyers who practised alone out of a room in the house.

New Zealand Bar Association — The NZBA represents lawyers / advocates who practise at the Independent Bar.

London based Avram Kelman of Fladgate LLP is an Israeli - educated lawyer who practises from a London base.

Michael Greene, Q.C. is a born and raised Albertan who practises law with Sherritt Greene Immigration Lawyers in Calgary and instructs Immigration and Refugee Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary.

In recognition of the need for consistent coverage for individuals practising together, paralegal licensees who practise in partnership with lawyers must now carry LAwPRO professional indemnity insurance.

In recognition of claims data demonstrating that lawyers who practise part - time have fewer claims, LAWPRO introduced a premium discount for part - time practice in 1997.

The combined team of more than 45 lawyers is led by partners who have practised for decades in the region and are fluent in English, Russian, Kazakh and a variety of other languages.

Do you suppose the Law Society would have any issues with the economical lawyer who practised with the domain [name].

He touches on the occurring problems when he deals with IP cases and offers a solution that would make the process easier for practising lawyers, as well as businesses and clients who wish to protect their inventions.

This month sees the debut of two columns: the monthly Human Rights... Here and There, helmed by professor Lucie Lamarche, Gordon F. Henderson Human Rights Chair at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law; and Craig's Reviews, a bimonthly review of law - related fiction from Craig Paterson, a former law prof and lawyer who has been practising for 33 years.

«Every practising lawyer knows dozens of guys who are the senior lawyer with kids in private schools, they have paid for university educations for their kids and take nice trips and really can't afford to retire because they've consumed all their capital as they've gone along and have not properly planned.»

There are a growing number of young Canadian lawyers, however, who are looking to practise beyond our borders, and that has led to a heated debate about the Canadian law degree.

While Amey admits it may take some time to get in - house departments interested in what TheJudge has to offer, those who have immediate need for such insurance products are practising law firm litigators and arbitration lawyers.

I suppose if the intent was to insure that OHLS gets people who have shown the ability to continue on in school for graduate degrees, so as to ensure a steady stream of professors, rather than merely produce people fit to practise as lawyers... but wait, that's not what most of the students seem to want, if we believe the surveys and reports.