Can a counsel's request to be removed as solicitor of record be refused by the courts?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Halton v. D.K., 2012 ONCJ 502 (CanLII):
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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