Critical feminist interrogation of the Canadian Bar Association's Code of Professional Conduct and the Law Society of Upper Canada's Rules of Professional Conduct reveals that lawyers» general right to
refuse providing services to clients who can not pay results in adverse discrimination against a group protected by Ontario's Human Rights Code.
Not exact matches
In almost every instance, the company being targeted took their
client's money,
provided little or no
service, and then
refused to honor any refund requests.
It would be legal, I suggest, under section 18 of the Ontario Human Rights Code for a lawyer working in legal aid clinic established
to serve African Canadians
to refuse to provide services to a white potential
client (I certainly hope it would be legal, since Legal Aid Ontario funds such a clinic).
Speaking of court Ross Wilson, my opinion is neither cynical nor based on negative experience, I just simply
refuse to place any of my
clients in such a precarious position — I like and respect them far too much
to diminish the
service I promised
to provide and immediately deny any buyer expecting I'd be more than happy
to give them a break in price because I'd get all the commission — after all, every single one always say that
to me,
to every Realtor I know who has been so approached.
(3) If a
client instructs a licensee
to withhold a disclosure required by subsection (2), the licensee must
refuse to provide further trading
services to or on behalf of that
client in respect of the trade in real estate.
Section 5 - 13 of the Council Rules also
provides that if the
client instructs the licensee not
to disclose the material latent defect, the licensee must
refuse to provide further trading
services to the
client in respect of the trade in real estate.
Section 5 - 13 of the Rules also
provides that if the
client instructs the licensee not
to disclose the material latent defect, the licensee must
refuse to provide further trading
services to the
client in respect of the trade in real estate.
Further, section 5 - 13 (3) of the Rules requires that, in the event that a
client instructs a licensee
to withhold disclosure, the licensee must
refuse to provide further trading
services to or on behalf of the
client, relating
to the trade.
«But the Seller Didn't Want
to...» The Council Rules are very clear: If a
client instructs the licensee not
to disclose a material latent defect, that licensee must
refuse to provide further trading
services to the
client in respect of the trade in real estate (see Section 5 - 13 of the Council Rules).