Is a lawyer allowed to withdraw at a critical stage of a litigation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Richard Kazimierz Chojnacki, 2009 ONLSHP 97 (CanLII):
Nevertheless, we were concerned with the statements set out in one of the cases presented to us, Nicolardi v. Daley [34 C.P.C. (5th) 394], wherein it was stated that a lawyer should not be allowed to withdraw at a critical stage of a matter or at a time when withdrawal would put the client in the position of disadvantage or peril.
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