Sentences with phrase «unrelated matters»

But when McKercher accepted Wallace's retainer, it was also acting for CN on a few unrelated matters.

The rule does not apply where it is «unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.»

The bright - line test, or the «unrelated matters rule» affirmed in both of these cases gave conflicts of interest rules a broad mandate of application.

This case involved a large firm in Saskatchewan, McKercher LLP («McKercher»), that had accepted a retainer to act against the Canadian National Railway Company («CN») in a class action lawsuit notwithstanding the fact that it was acting for CN on a variety of unrelated matters.

The «bright line» rule does not apply in unrelated matters where «it is unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it».

The Court also rejected suggestions that the rule does not apply to unrelated matters, that it creates a rebuttable presumption of a conflict of interest, and that it attracts a balancing of factors.

The Court did identify three limitations on the scope of the bright line rule: it applies only where the immediate legal interests of the clients are directly adverse; it can not be used tactically; and it does not apply in situations in which it would be unreasonable for a client to expect that a law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.

I understand and acknowledge that any volunteer who does assist me is free to act for other clients against me on other unrelated matters in the future, without notice to me.

It also limited the rule so it only applies where the new representation is directly adverse to the immediate legal interests of the client and where it would not be «unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.»

Is it reasonable for the existing client to expect that the law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.

[37] Finally, the bright line rule does not apply in circumstances where it is unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.

In some cases, it is simply not reasonable for a client to claim that it expected a law firm to owe it exclusive loyalty and to refrain from acting against it in unrelated matters.

At the hearing, the Society's Disciplinary Panel extensively questioned «X» about unrelated matters, such as his other business ventures and personal information about his partners in those ventures.

When the class action was launched, McKercher, which has offices in Saskatoon and Regina, was also acting for CN Rail in a number of other unrelated matters.

However, the court also noted there can be exceptions, such as governments, banks, or other large organizations that regularly appear in the courts and likely have a more tolerant attitude towards law firms they retain on unrelated matters acting against them.

I would also have as my priority other unrelated matters which warrant much greater attention such as the threat from a natural Carrington event or the possibility of concerted cyber terrorist attacks.

About Blog The personal blog of Dave Fernig, thoughts on science and unrelated matters.

Then when you get back to the dealer and park, that's your time to talk about the car (not unrelated matters).

About Blog The personal blog of Dave Fernig, thoughts on science and unrelated matters.

As documented in Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated matters.

The extensions were connected to unrelated matters, of which were controversial.

I don't anything wrong with my reasoning since our corporeal existance and a ubiquitous existance are two entirely unrelated matters.

Although Steele had a history of «credible reporting on other unrelated matters,» the committee's memo said, the FBI and Justice Department should have told the court about his «anti-Trump financial and ideological motivations.»

Tweets from Coinbase, its sister GDAX exchange and even founders Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam on unrelated matters soon became a battleground for consumers demanding explanations for stuck transactions and associated costs.

Imagine what would happen if a trillion - dollar private sector entity operated without a CEO because its board of directors squabbled over unrelated matters, rather than approving the appointment of the top executive.

And if Cohen does eventually face charges on unrelated matters, it's at least possible that he'd flip and offer up incriminating information on Trump as part of a plea deal, should he have any (though he's emphatically denied that he'd ever do such a thing).

While the FISA application relied on Steele's past record of credible reporting on other unrelated matters, it ignored or concealed his anti-Trump financial and ideological motivations.

Shkreli, 32, is under investigation by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, in an unrelated matter.

On a completely unrelated matter, did anyone else notice that Roberts voted to strike down the federal Stolen Valor Act on the same day Michael Knox Beran thinks John Roberts taught us all a valuable lesson about how judicial review should only very, very rarely be used?

According to the Times Union, the investigation into allegations of workplace sexual harassment began last May when the inspector general's office was looking into an unrelated matter involving another DCJS employee.

Her comments were unsolicited, and followed an interview on an unrelated matter.

On an unrelated matter, Picente noted that he had attended an event in support of the sizable immigrant community in Oneida County, particularly Utica, which has a long history of welcoming refugees, though it is not an official sanctuary city.

McDonald was in the CapTon studio this week for an interview on an unrelated matter (a hearing he had held on PTSD with his fellow vet, Sen. Lee Zeldin), and seemed unconcerned about the possibility that he might face a primary this fall (or, June 26, if the Senate GOP ever comes around to the Assembly Democrats» way of thinking on moving the primary date to conincide with the court - ordered House and US Senate contests).

But Vacco argues the process was initially about an unrelated matter: Racist comments written late last year in ArtVoice, protected under the First Amendment.

CPV, the company building the 680 megawatt plant, was in the news in 2016 when federal prosecutors charged Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with accepting bribes from the firm in an unrelated matter.

But Kazannik's resignation on 27 February — over an unrelated matter — is giving them cause for concern.

Even searching for the word «Boston» may fall short, she says, because it could lead to unrelated matter like Boston tourism or fail to capture relevant tweets that did not include the word Boston.

BOEMRE spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz says that the proceedings have nothing to do with «scientific integrity, his 2006 journal article, or issues related to permitting, as has been alleged» and regard an unrelated matter.

In the milling ab0ut period before a technical conference started on an unrelated matter, I overheard a lawyer from another firm attempting to throw one of my firm's clients under the bus with the staff of a federal agency today.

There's been some controversy surrounding the issue of combining student aid reform with the seemingly unrelated matter of health care reform.

A carbon tax is worth embracing on its own terms and what we do with the revenues is an entirely separate, unrelated matter.

The central issue is whether it's a conflict of interest for a law firm to accept a retainer to sue a current client on an unrelated matter without first obtaining their consent.

In an unrelated matter, the SCC has also granted leave to appeal in a slew of intellectual property cases in which a Quebec artist is suing several broadcasting companies for copyright infringement for allegedly copying his character sketches.

He says it relates to the top court's 2002 decision in R. v. Neil, which stated the general rule is that a lawyer or law firm shouldn't act directly contrary to the immediate interests of a current client, even on an unrelated matter.

Requiring a licensee to acknowledge, for example, that he has an obligation not to represent two clients whose legal interests are directly adverse, even in an unrelated matter, helps ensure that licensee remembers that the bright line rule exists.

Another element of the duty of loyalty is the duty not to act against the interests of a current client, even on an unrelated matter: R. v. Neil [2002] 3 S.C.R. 631, Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 24 and Wallace v. Canadian National Railway, 2013 SCC 39.

The motion judge concluded that, «the Mutual Release is a standard, boilerplate form of release that did not and was not realistically intended by its wording to apply to an unrelated matter that arose... years subsequently and was not contemplated by the parties.»

B.R. was investigated by police for an unrelated matter and his cell phone was seized and examined by police.

The move comes the same week that Dentons suspended a Canadian partner in an unrelated matter.

Another situation where it is usually advisable to submit a no names voluntary disclosure is when the CRA has been in contact with the taxpayer for an unrelated matter.