Canadian Court Overturns Sanctions Imposed on Aspiring Lawyers Accused of Cheating on Bar Exam

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-25 02:42:34 | Updated at 2024-10-02 16:32:47 1 week ago

Canadian Court Overturns Sanctions Imposed on Aspiring Lawyers Accused of Cheating on Bar Exam
law.com ^ | December 1, 2023 | Gail Cohen

Posted on 09/24/2024 6:29:54 PM PDT by xxqqzz

A Canadian court has ruled that the regulator of lawyers and paralegals in the country’s largest province overstepped when it imposed a litany of sanctions on dozens of licensing candidates accused of cheating on the bar exams.

The Ontario Divisional Court’s ruling wiped away most of the sanctions against the accused candidates because they didn’t receive a fair hearing. “The substantial and wide-ranging consequences suffered by the Applicants weigh in favour of a high level of procedural fairness,” the three-judge panel wrote.

The aspiring Canadian lawyers who brought the judicial review are relieved but are still waiting to hear if the Law Society of Ontario will appeal the decision or what other steps it may take, said Marek Tufman, a Toronto litigator who represented a group of applicants who were mostly already licensed lawyers in African and Caribbean nations.

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barexam; cheating

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Posted, because I figure she must have cheated to pass the bar exam. Got in to law school as black from Howard. Then it is obvious how she got through it.

1 posted on 09/24/2024 6:29:54 PM PDT by xxqqzz

To: xxqqzz

2 posted on 09/24/2024 6:31:34 PM PDT by Mlheureux

To: Mlheureux

3 posted on 09/24/2024 6:37:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: xxqqzz

did she cheat or did she sleep through it?

4 posted on 09/24/2024 6:50:22 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )

To: All

Doing anything to win is the sign of a successful lawyer, so I get this decision. The idea of a noble legal profession is about as relevant as the ethics of journalism or politics, or academia. They may have existed in the past, but they died off during the 1960s and have never been seen again.

(This is as true in Canada as in America or England)

5 posted on 09/24/2024 7:23:00 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)

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