CBA tackles conflict confusion
QUEBEC CITY—The Canadian Bar Association has amended its code of professional conduct, adopting 21 recommendations from a report that aims to guide lawyers as they increasingly run up against conflicts of interest.
Toronto lawyer acquitted of drug charges
Veteran defence lawyer Edmund Schofield is free of drug trafficking
charges after a federal prosecutor chose not to present evidence at the
74-year-old former FBI agent’s trial.
Struggling Ontario lawyers on CBA agenda
QUEBEC CITY — Newly minted Canadian Bar Association president Guy Joubert says he will work throughout the year to help struggling Ontario lawyers who are practising in a tough financial climate.
Full bench means work gets done
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin was beaming at the Canadian Bar Association convention in Quebec last week. She had reason.
Legislation may have ‘seller beware’ philosophy
In its 2007 throne speech, the Conservative government promised to “introduce measures on food and product safety to ensure that families have confidence in the quality and safety of what they buy.”
