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Court shoots down challenge to B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul
- The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the 2024 provincial legislation creating a new regulator over lawyers, notaries, and paralegals is constitutional and not unconstitutional.
- The 2024 legislation ended the model of self-governance and self-regulation of the legal profession that had existed, establishing a new regulator with government jurisdiction.
- The Law Society of B.C. and the Trial Lawyers Association challenged the law, claiming it undermines lawyer independence, but the court upheld the legislation.
- The Trial Lawyers Association intends to appeal, asserting that the law threatens lawyer independence and risks government interference.
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Court shoots down challenge to B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the provincial government's legislation to overhaul regulation of lawyers, notaries and other legal professions is not unconstitutional.
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Court shoots down challenge to B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the provincial government’s legislation to overhaul regulation of lawyers, notaries and other legal professions is not unconstitutional. The government in 2024 passed a bill to create a new regulator with jurisdiction over lawyers, notaries and paralegals, eliminating the long-standing model of “self-governance and self-regulation” of lawyers. The Law Society of B.C., the self-regulation body governin…
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