The Law Society of Upper Canada has disbarred a Hamilton, Ont. lawyer convicted of sexual offences against two boys, including a client in his young offender criminal law practice.Last May, Tom Raymond Martin, now 46, was sentenced to six years and four months in jail after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a 14-year-old client and the repeated sexual assault of another boy over a lengthy period of time.In a July 26 decision, a discipline panel decided disbarment was its only… [read post]

  But, as noted above, the remaining soloists were all at least adequate to put the piece effectively before us: mezzo Jennifer Rivera as Hannah, the king's sister, tenor Scott Ramsay as King Zedekiah, soprano Laura Green as "an Israelite Virgin", and two members of the chorus in brief solos, bass Raymond Diaz and tenor Joseph Palarca. [read post]

Sir Elton John and Gordon Ramsay are among the claimants. [read post]