Does the Law Society of Upper Canada have to pay the costs of prosecuting the misconduct of individual licensees?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Kaminski, 2022 ONLSTH 37 (CanLII):
It is accepted that the legal professions as a whole should not bear the costs of prosecuting the misconduct of individual licensees where the misconduct is ultimately proven: Law Society of Upper Canada v. Baker, 2006 ONLSHP 21 at paras. 7-8.
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