By Julius Melnitzer | Publication Date: Monday, 08 March 2010
Ontario’s first instance of criminal charges against a corporation under a recent federal law may be a signal authorities are taking a more aggressive approach to workplace safety following a recent public outcry.
By Robert Todd | Publication Date: Monday, 08 March 2010
Lawyers fretting over the Law Society of Upper Canada’s impending continuing professional development requirement can rest easy — an activity you already engage in may well meet the criteria for mandatory credit hours.
Editorial: Quebec and the veil: people can wear what they want
By Glenn Kauth | Publication Date: Monday, 08 March 2010
In a faint echo of France’s ban against Muslim children wearing face veils in schools, a woman in Quebec has launched a human rights complaint against the province’s order that she remove her niqab in French class.
By Richard Cleroux | Publication Date: Monday, 08 March 2010
It was Groundhog Day in Ottawa again last week. Following prorogation, the Conservatives are reviving their crime agenda. This is the fifth time around for them in four years.
Lawyer seeks to overturn decision allowing older judges to hear matters
By Robert Todd | Publication Date: Monday, 08 March 2010
A Toronto immigration lawyer is continuing his battle over the acceptable age of Federal Court deputy judges, many of whom mainly handle immigration cases.
PAIR OF LAWYERS DISBARRED Two Toronto-area lawyers have lost their licences to practise, the Law Society of Upper Canada said last week.
Toronto lawyer Edmund Anthony Clarke was found to have engaged in professional misconduct for knowingly participating in fraudulent and dishonest conduct in order to induce or attempt to induce mortgagees to approve mortgage loans in favour of his spouse and preparing, delivering or registering falsified or unauthorized documents or instructing others to do so.
He must also pay the law society $1,000 in costs. Bradly Johnston Vance of Whitby, Ont., was also disbarred over findings that included failing to promptly respond to the law society regarding four complaints.
The LSUC also found he had breached an order not to practise law and failed to maintain the integrity of the profession by advising two clients to sign documents knowing they weren’t witnessed in accordance with the requirements. He must pay $7,000 in costs.
FMC LOSES FOUNDER Philippe Casgrain, one of the founders of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, has died after losing a battle with cancer.
“Mr. Casgrain’s career, which began in 1952 at the firm of Magee O’Donnell & Byers where he became a partner in 1958, was a reflection of this charismatic figure, who will remain indelibly engraved in our memories: energetic, active, accomplished, striking, and enormously successful,” said Claude Morency, managing partner of FMC’s Montreal office.
“He was one of those people who make an impression wherever they go and who are unforgettable. Of course, this is a great loss for the entire legal community, not just for Mr. Casgrain’s immediate family and our firm.”
“Don’t forget that this government has made it a deliberate policy to reach out to the ethnic communities. If you’ve ever looked at [Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason] Kenney’s web site, there’s not a Vietnamese noodle festival or perogy fest he hasn’t invited himself to.”
