What constitutes a "no contest" or "nolo contendere like" process?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. G.T., 2015 BCSC 1718 (CanLII):
As part of this last point, the appellant asserts that what occurred in his case was the functional equivalent of a de facto "no contest" or "nolo contendere like" process, something that the Law Society of Upper Canada has commented upon unfavourably in the disciplinary decision of LSUC v. Besant, 2014 ONLSTA 50 at paras. 113-131.
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