What is the role of the courts and the governing bodies for lawyers in establishing standards for practitioners?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Keddy Estate v. National Life Insurance Company of Canada Ltd.; Keddy v. 3032948 Nova Scotia Ltd., 2006 NSSC 161 (CanLII):
Justice Sopinka in Martin v. Gray, refers to the roles of the courts and of governing bodies for lawyers in establishing standards for practitioners. In para. 51, Sopinka, J. says: 51 ...The legislature has entrusted to it, and not to the court, the responsibility of developing standards.
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