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7 Nov 2017, 4:00 am
How is it that we are such a wealthy society yet services that were once available are no longer available (at least at affordable prices)? [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 4:00 am
Everyone has an obligation to report when they have reason to believe that a child is in need of protection, including lawyers – except where that information is protected by solicitor-client privilege. [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 8:10 am
For those of you looking for a more high-minded take on these events, so you can read about it without feeling gorss, Canadian law professor Alice Woolley, of the University of Calgary, discusses some of the ethical issues over at the Legal Ethics Forum.Manitoba judge embroiled in sex scandal removes self from bench [National Post via Legal Ethics Forum] Manitoba judge, husband, law firm face lawsuits [CBC News] More on the ethics scandal [Legal Ethics Forum]Earlier: Judge of the… [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 4:00 am
In a letter submitted in response to this request, myself, along with fellow legal ethics Slaw columnists, Adam Dodek, Alice Woolley, and Malcolm Mercer, along with Brent Cotter, submitted that the OSC should not include in-house counsel in its proposed whistleblowing policy for reasons including those outlined here. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
A great defence attorney is never going to win a Grey Cup, but they are quite possibly the true champions of criminal law. [1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2012) at 463. [2] Ibid. [read post]
23 May 2023, 4:00 am
. ___________ [1] Constance Backhouse, “Gender and Race in the Construction of ‘Legal Professionalism’: Historical Perspectives” in Adam Dodek & Alice Woolley, eds, In Search of the Ethical Lawyer: Stories from the Canadian Legal Profession (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016) 126 at 134-137. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
It is important to identify and separate at least three possible ethical concerns about articling (with thanks to Alice Woolley): (1) the possibility for harassment and discrimination during articling; (2) the lack of quality control over what actually goes on in articling; and (3) the systemic inequalities created by the articling system, i.e. poor working conditions, long hours and low wages (for some). [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 5:05 am
_________________________________________ [1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2012) at 166. [2] The Law Society of Upper Canada, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 3.2-1. [3] Ibid at Rule 3.1-1(j). [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 4:00 am
Alice Woolley, Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada (LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2011) at 7; Richard Devlin & Porter Heffernan, “The End(s) of Self-Regulation” (2008) 45(4) Alta L Rev 169. [read post]
23 Sep 2024, 10:37 am
As Professor (now Justice) Alice Woolley and I previously wrote: Whatever the merits of referenda in democracies generally, they are in our view very hard to justify when a law society has a legal and ethical duty to one group (the public), but the referenda is only voted on by another group (lawyers) whose interests may conflict with the group to whom the duty is owed. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
In addition to Edward Prutschi’s column mentioned above, Alice Woolley has written a number of compelling blog posts on this topic (see, here, here, and here). [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 4:00 am
As Alice Woolley reported in her article on the good character requirement: In Ontario, between 2006‐2012, 575 applications raised issues of character. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 7:00 am
. ______________________ [1] Genders in this example are used to acknowledge the gendered nature of the crime, but should not discount the disproportionate occurrence domestic violence against LGBTQ persons. [2] Alice Woolley, Richard Devlin, Brent Cotter and John Law, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2nd ed, Toronto: LexisNexis (2012) at 435-6. [3] Ibid at 444. [4] Ibid at 462-3, 475. [5] Reported recidivism occurs in 1/5-1/3 of domestic violence offenders, the… [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 4:00 am
Alice Woolley has written thoughtfully about the questionable claims often contained in these letters and the important ethical questions raised by the practice of some “lawyers sending out demand letters based on spurious claims in the hope of extracting funds because of the fear and ignorance of those who receive them” (see, e.g., here, here and here). [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 6:00 am
Thanks to Malcolm Mercer and Alice Woolley for reading an earlier draft of this commentary and providing helpful comments. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
Woolley of the University of Calgary. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
Alice Woolley has written here about the problem of judges’ mocking the parties’ arguments in their decisions and the damage to the litigants’ human dignity. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
In distinguishing the Hunter case from the prior case of Joseph, the court noted the importance of flexibility by stating, “…while the principles in the Joseph case do inform our decision here, we make the not uncommon observation that each case spins on its own facts”.[3] Law firms are ultimately better suited to handle the salacious matters of their partners and associates than the Law Society, who ought to be more concerned with policing conflicts of interest generally. [1]… [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
[1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Toronto: Lexis Nexis Canada, 2012) at 207 [read post]
1 Jan 2016, 4:01 am
Fighting Fair—Legal Ethics for an Adversarial Age, by Professor Allan C. [read post]
