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Law Society to cease handling complaints
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41:26 -0800
THE LAW Society has decided to give up its control of dealing with client complaints and has recommended that all such complaints should in the future be made to and dealt with by an independent body, the society said.
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Law Society Regulatory Proceedings for January 2012
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:04:00 -0800
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Attention News Editors:The Law Society of Upper Canada regulates the lawyers and paralegals of Ontario in the public interest. The Law Society ensures that all lawyers and licensed ...
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Censorship: New Zealand Law Society Bans Fijian Job Ads
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:43:41 -0800
SUVA, Fiji, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Zealand Law Society ("NZLS") is banning the Fijian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from advertising legal positions in its magazine, Law Talk. In an email to the Office of the DPP last week,...
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Law Society outlines initiatives to reinforce access to justice
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:26:52 -0800
The Law Society vice-president has outlined initiatives to bolster access to justice following the government’s proposed legal aid reforms - but stressed that Chancery Lane has not given up its opposition to the cuts. Lucy Scott-Moncrieff (pictured) told the Gazette that the Society has given ‘a lot of thought’ to what can be done if scope cuts in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of ...
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Ex-Liberal MP John Nunziata faces law society disbarment
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:03 -0800
TORONTO - A former Liberal MP is set to go before the Law Society of Upper Canada later this month to fight possible disbarment.
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West Vancouver lawyer agrees to stop practising
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:03:52 -0800
A controversial West Vancouver lawyer has resigned from the Law Society rather than face a disciplinary hearing into allegations of serious professional misconduct.
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Continuing education course offered for lawyers at St. Vincent College
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0800
St. Vincent College's Department of Criminology, Law, and Society will present a continuing legal education course for attorneys from 1 to 4 p.m. March 18 in room S100 of the Sis and Herman Dupre Science Pavilion on the Unity campus.
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Ex-Liberal MP Nunziata faces law society disbarment
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:19:45 -0800
TORONTO - A former Liberal MP is set to go before the Law Society of Upper Canada later this month to fight possible disbarment. The body that governs Ontario's lawyers is alleging John Nunziata lied under oath about kicking someone.
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Egypt: Stop Holding NGOs Hostage
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:42:30 -0800
[AI London] The Egyptian authorities should scrap a Mubarak-era law used to prosecute civil society and ensure its planned replacement upholds the right to freedom of association, Amnesty International said today.
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Neuroscientists to Top Brass: Mess With Minds... Carefully
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:03:40 -0800
A working group led by the Royal Society has warned the scientific community and the Government to tread carefully when entering the ethical minefield that is the use of neuroscience.
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