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“Blowing the Whistle” and the Lawyer’s Duty to Report: Wieder v. Skala
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2015
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1. For further general discussion see for example; Mackenzie, G. “Law Society Discipline Proceedings” (1992) 11 Advocates’ Soc. J. 3.Google Scholar
2. Analogous provisions exist in most Canadian provinces; the comments made here are therefore generally applicable throughout that country. For the sake of simplicity, the only specific references in this article are to the Ontario Rules of Professional Conduct.
3. The Law Society of Upper Canada, Professional Conduct Handbook, as amended to January 25, 1991; and see also The Law Society of Alberta, Professional Conduct Handbook, ch. 14; The Law Society of British Columbia, Professional Conduct Handbook, ch. 13, Rules 1 and 2; The Law Society of Manitoba, Code of Professional Conduct, ch. 15; The Law Society of Nova Scotia, Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct: A Handbook For Lawyers in Nova Scotia, ch. 18.
4. Ibid. at 61.
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8. Ibid. at 106.
9. 42 N.E. 416 (N.Y. 1895) at 417.
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11. 448 N.E.2d 86 (N.Y. 1983).
12. 506 N.E.2d 919 (N.Y. 1987).
13. National Reporter on Legal Ethics, New York Code, Rule 22 (1988) at 9.
14. Wieder v. Skala, 544 N.Y.S.2d 971 (1989) at 971–73.
15. Wieder v. Skala, 562 N.Y.S.2d 930 (1990) at 930.
16. Wieder v. Skala, supra note 7 at 109.
17. Ibid. at 110.
18. Ibid., citing from Sabetay, supra note 12 at 923.
19. Supra notes 11 and 12.
20. Ibid.
21. Sabetay, supra note 12 at 923.
22. Wieder, supra note 7 at 110.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid, at 109, citing from Gentile, “Professional Responsibility - Reporting Misconduct By Other Lawyers” N.Y.L.J. (23 October 1984) at 1; see also Olsson, D.C. “Reporting Peer Misconduct: Lip Service To Ethical Standards Is Not Enough” (1989) 31 Ariz. L.R. 657–56.Google Scholar
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27. Sabetay, supra note 12 at 923.
28. Wieder, supra note 7 at 109.
29. Notice To The Profession, Duty To Report Wrongdoing (1991), 5 O.R. (3d) al vi.