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Windsor law firm removed from record in $6.3M wrongful dismissal

Kendyl Sebesta - Monday, February 20, 2012
A Windsor, Ont. law firm has been removed as solicitors of record in a $6.3-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit launched by former Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital spokeswoman Kim Spirou after the Superior Court of Justice found the firm repeatedly ignored several conflicts of interest between one of its lawyers and the hospital’s former CEO, Warren Chant.

Shulgan Martini Marusic LLP was removed despite its argument that Windsor lawyer Gerri Wong was not a member of its firm and never created a conflict of interest, despite being in possession of confidential information resulting from her past work with the hospital and connection to the firm.

Wong was employed by the Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital...
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Cuts to Ontario’s justice system necessary to stave off rising debt: Drummond report

Monday, February 20, 2012 | Written by Kendyl Sebesta
Putting the federal government in charge of incarceration for sentences that are longer than six months, upgrading or replacing 117 deteriorating courthouses, and diverting less complex cases away from the province’s courts are just some of the changes cash-strapped Ontario will have to make if it hopes to avoid doubling its deficit by 2017-18, economist Don Drummond warned last week.

Lawyers call for reforms to bonding rules

Monday, February 20, 2012 | Written by Michael McKiernan
It’s time to bring Ontario’s bonding requirements on estate trustees into the 21st century, trusts and estates lawyers say.

Bits & Bytes: Boomerang a handy tool for busy lawyers

Monday, February 20, 2012 | Written by Monica Goyal
If you use Gmail as your primary business e-mail provider, you may be interested in a new plugin for Firefox or Chrome called Boomerang.

Court rules law association did not discriminate
Strikes down Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision

Monday, February 20, 2012 | Written by Kendyl Sebesta
The Superior Court of Justice has struck down a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruling that found the Peel Law Association discriminated against two Toronto lawyers and an articling student during a confrontation in 2008.

The Dirt: Long live Highway Properties
The re-affirmation of the lease as a legal hybrid

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | Written by Jeffrey Lem
In the world of Canadian commercial leasing, justice Bora Laskin’s 1971 decision in Highway Properties Ltd. v. Kelly Douglas and Co. Ltd. stands out as the unrivalled seminal case on point. In Highway Properties, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that a commercial landlord had at its disposal three historic remedies with which to deal with a defaulting tenant.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

DIVISIONAL COURT UPHOLDS BUDD’S DISBARMENT
The Divisional Court has upheld the disbarment of former lawyer and lobbyist Peter Budd, who was convicted of sexually exploiting two teenage sisters between 1998 and 2004.

Writing in an endorsement of an order by a Law Society of Upper Canada appeal panel, Associate Chief Justice Douglas Cunningham for a three-judge panel rejected Budd’s appeal to set aside the law society’s decision and replace his disbarment with a suspension. He ruled there would not be a new hearing and the disbarment would remain.

Budd was a close neighbour and friend of a family identified as “D” by the law society until 2004 when they learned he had entered into sexual relationships with the family’s three female children, who were all in their early to mid teens, according to the decision.

Budd was charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation of each child, but was acquitted of the sexual assault charges, and convicted of sexual exploitation of...

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