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Ruling tackles racism in legal profession

Kendyl Sebesta - Monday, January 30, 2012
A new decision by the Law Society of Upper Canada that considered a black lawyer’s disadvantage in his articling experiences could hold the key to a frank discussion on systemic discrimination in the profession, according to lawyers familiar with the ruling.

Although a law society appeal panel found Toronto real estate lawyer Selwyn McSween guilty of professional misconduct for “completely abdicating his professional responsibility” to an allegedly unscrupulous law clerk, dissenting appeal panellists Clayton Ruby and Constance Backhouse acknowledged the 66-year-old man from Trinidad faced “systemic disadvantages” that eventually led him to hire the clerk and ultimately to “an increased...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

COURT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO WINDSOR FIRM
The Superior Court has ruled a Windsor, Ont., law firm may represent the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against an Ontario construction materials company despite its main litigator having suffered a debilitating stroke last year.

According to the Windsor Star, Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas ruled Sutts Strosberg LLP will lead the lawsuit against Armtec Infrastructure Inc. last week after both the Windsor firm and Siskinds LLP of London, Ont., initiated proceedings against the company.

An issue in the case was whether or not the Windsor firm could handle the lawsuit without Harvey Strosberg leading the way. Strosberg suffered a stroke last year that left him unable to speak for a time. He has since made a steady recovery, although he isn’t handling the same caseload as he previously was.

Strosberg proposed that his son, Jay Strosberg, be lead counsel on the lawsuit. He has been a lawyer for nine years with a...

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