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Lawyer denied anonymity in lost appeal of $138 speeding ticket: "protecting the identity of a lawyer in these circumstances is not a sufficiently important public interest at risk...It would neither compromise her safety or privacy in any appreciable way" canlii.ca/t/knx9h

Judge's ruling a year late after forgetting to send to counsel: "May I suggest going forward, as a further redundancy, that counsel follow up (certainly with me) if the decision has not been released to them within the three months judges are provided" canlii.ca/t/knzkg

Ignoring court ordered timetable costs Plaintiff's counsel $5.5k: "A personal costs order is unlikely to cause serious harm to counsel in this case.  It may sting, but that is the point. Having been stung once, counsel is unlikely to repeat the conduct." canlii.ca/t/kn92b

LAT orders insurer to pay extra 25% s.10 award for unreasonable denials and delays: "respondent’s position with respect to the treatment plans for psychological sessions was not based on any medical evidence, but rather on the opinion of the adjuster" canlii.ca/t/kmm64

Finlayson J. recognizes new exception to recognition of foreign divorce following Ahluwalia: "I find that the foreign divorce in this case, should not be recognized based on the intimate partner violence that occurred here, and its consequences." canlii.ca/t/kmgql

Judge's advice to father who wants Maui the cat back from his ex, where his daughter has been caring for it for 3 years: "grow up!...I wish I could order costs to the child C. but this is not possible." canlii.ca/t/km8rr

LSO ordered to pay lawyer $4k for 'unwarranted and doomed to fail' licensing proceeding: "It ought to have been obvious to the Law Society that it was not going to meet its initial burden to call [his] character into question" canlii.ca/t/klv24

Class counsel liable for $100k costs after seeming to invite def to collect from rep plaintiff: def shoudn't have to choose between giving up costs or enforcement against a Pl "who may not be able to pay, and who in ordinary practice should not have to" canlii.ca/t/klkgl

Neighbour ordered to pay $50k for no-contact lawn mower assault: "I find [the defendant's] intention was to scare and challenge [the plaintiff] to leave him unsettled, which it did." canlii.ca/t/kl7jp

Defendant's lawyer says he didn't "appreciate" settlement amount was privileged after colleague unredacts info in Pierringer Agreement: "His evidence is unchallenged, but that’s incredible. He’s been practicing law in this area for almost 40 years." canlii.ca/t/kkr0z

Vancouver law firm partner accused of sexual harassment loses bid to anonymize law society citation "Reputational harm, on its own, does not amount to extraordinary circumstances" lsbctribunal.ca/getmedia/14a…

Judge rejects conditional sentence for ex-Bay St partner who tried to meet up for sex with undercover officer posing as 13-yr-old. 15-month jail sentence imposed: "the law requires some term of incarceration. The offence is simply too serious." canlii.ca/t/kk7n0

“I lead a very modest life” testifies businessman who lost $60m playing poker and baccarat in 3 months: "That self-image, however, is objectively and profoundly inaccurate and it causes me to have serious doubts about the accuracy of much of his evidence" canlii.ca/t/kk3r3

Former LSO bencher, LawPRO chair suspended until hearing over $555k missing from trust account: "[she] advised that she believed her identity had been stolen after providing credentials to someone posing as RBC fraud staff in 2024" canlii.ca/t/kk7p3

Hamilton lawyer suspended for 2 months after assaulting wife, failing to report earlier (subsequently withdrawn) criminal charge: "intimate partner violence will ordinarily attract a suspension to demonstrate the professions’ condemnation of such conduct" canlii.ca/t/kk7nz

Judge notifies LSO after lawyer claims "human error" (definitely not AI) resulted in 7 fake judicial quotes making their way into his factum: "As is often the case, if [he] has not been truthful, the cover-up may be worse than the initial error" canlii.ca/t/kjqlc

Lawyer who notarized OPCA docs guilty of misconduct: "While the Committee accepts that Ms. Akpan did not intend to participate in any nefarious scheme...This brought the administration of justice into disrepute" canlii.ca/t/kjp3c

Lawyer disbarred after sending prospective employee a sexually explicit video of his client to see if she “could handle some sexually explicit stuff or not” canlii.ca/t/kjklk

Absolute privilege protects lawyers who played "intimate video" of client's ex-husband and his new girlfriend at case conference: "I recognize that this provides little comfort to [the plaintiffs] who undoubtedly have experienced a great deal of distress" canlii.ca/t/kj7jx

Lawyer facing six months in prison for contempt over $3.5-million support arrears after failed appeal: "the stay of the warrant of committal at issue is hereby lifted" canlii.ca/t/kj39j