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LSUC hearings consider alternatives to disciplining lawyers with mental-health issues

Yamri Taddese - Monday, May 20, 2013
Lawyer and therapist Doron Gold has had many patients who told him they couldn’t open their e-mails.

They know they should but they can’t.

At times, those e-mails are from a Law Society of Upper Canada investigator seeking information in relation to a complaint against them. No reply often means another notice of application for failure to respond to communications from the law society.

“The reason they were not replying to the law society was because they were too afraid to open the law society mail,” says Gold, a staff clinician at Homewood Human Solutions.

“That’s mental health. They weren’t covering up; they were just so wracked with anxiety that they were paralyzed. That’s not them...
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What’s the cost of a life of crime?

Monday, 20 May 2013 07:00 | Written by Elizabeth Thompson

OTTAWA — How much do criminals actually cost society? The federal government is looking to answer that question through a new effort to study the cost of a life of crime in Canada in a bid to bolster the case for youth crime prevention.

Group calls for uniform international arbitration rules

Monday, 20 May 2013 07:00 | Written by Yamri Taddese

Lawyers are hoping for more consistent rules for international arbitration across Canada as plans are in the works to smooth out differences between the provinces and territories.

The Dirt: Condo cost rulings tilting away from generous awards

Monday, 20 May 2013 07:00 | Written by Jeffrey Lem

Several court decisions dealing with cost recovery have emanated out of condo land lately. While the ratios vary, the scattering takes on a distinct shape when viewed as a group that’s trending away from generous cost awards for condominium boards that are successful in their litigation against unit owners. While most of these cases arise out of s. 134(5) of the Condominium Act, they also provide valuable insight and guidance to all lawyers on the law of costs.

Focus: Ontario firms slow to embrace locum option

Monday, 20 May 2013 07:00 | Written by Charlotte Santry

Coping when lawyers take extended time off for maternity leave, bereavement or sickness poses a challenge for many law firms.

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Editorial Cartoon - May 13, 2013

Inside Story

Monday, May 20, 2013

NEW REGIONAL SENIOR JUDGE APPOINTED

Justice Hugh Lloyd Fraser will become the new regional senior judge for the east region of the Ontario Court of Justice this summer, the province announced last week.

Fraser replaces Justice Lise Maisonneuve in the role. He starts his new position on July 25, according to the Ministry of the Attorney General. That’s the same day Maisonneuve becomes the court’s associate chief justice.

Fraser became a judge in 1993. As a regional senior judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, Fraser will exercise the power of the chief justice in his assigned region. These duties include scheduling court hearings and assigning cases to judges.

TORYS INVESTS IN BB10

Torys LLP lawyers will be brandishing BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones by this summer as the firm announced it has invested in the newest models of the Canadian brand.

Torys, a long-standing BlackBerry customer, announced last week it’s looking forward to rolling...

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