In what circumstances can a counsel be removed as solicitor of record?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. F.H., 2011 ONCJ 428 (CanLII):
[13] In The Queen v. Cunningham, the court discussed the reasons in favour of courts’ exercising their jurisdiction to refuse a counsel’s request to be removed as solicitor of record in paragraph 22 as follows:
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