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Legal Profession Act 2004 (Lpa)

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, issued voting shares of a legal person may be legally and economically owned by a company which: (d) provides for the exemption or exclusion of members of the company from the payment of the annual dues referred to in point (c) and from the right to compensation under the mandatory professional liability claims programme; and the conditions under which the exemption or exclusion is granted; power; (a) allow the parties and their legal and personal representatives to attend the hearing; and (b) affects any written agreement between a member of the Company and any person regarding the use of the person`s money or interest therein. 2004, c. 28, p. 30. (k) reject or approve by decision a settlement agreement. 2004, c. 28, p. 42; 2010, c. 56, p. 15.

4. A legal person shall not engage in activities other than the provision of legal services or services directly related to the provision of legal services. 35 The conduct, ability, practice or professional competence of a member of the corporation may be investigated under this Part. 2010, c. 56, p. 11. (5) Every person who is a voting shareholder of a corporation and every person who is a voting shareholder of a corporation holding voting shares in the Law Corporation is liable to any person to whom the professional services of a lawyer are provided by Law Corporation in respect of those professional services to the same extent and in the same manner, as if shareholders with voting rights were exercising this practice. of the law in a limited liability company or, in the absence of a single shareholder with voting rights, as a natural person practising the profession of lawyer.

2004, c. 28, p. 22. 73 The purpose of the legal basis is to establish and maintain a fund for the examination, research, revision and reform of the law, legal education, the administration of justice in the province and any other purposes incidental, beneficial or consequential to the achievement of those purposes. 2004, c. 28, p. 73. 84 The stamps referred to in section 83 shall be provided by the Corporation and kept for sale in the office of each prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and no notice of origin, application or notice of appeal may be issued unless a stamp of an appropriate amount is attached and such an original notice is affixed. Applications or notices of appeal without a stamp are null and void and may be cancelled. 2004, c. 28, p. 84.

4. Where a legal person carries on the activity of providing legal services to the public by a lawyer who is the subject of an application under this Section, the court may order the depositary to designate the lawyer in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4. At a hearing before a hearing panel, a member of the society who is the subject of an indictment is a persuasive witness. 2004, c. 28, p. 43. 16 (1) The practice of law is the application of legal principles and judgment in relation to the circumstances or objectives of a person who requires the knowledge and skills of a person trained in that law and includes any of the following conduct on behalf of another person: (3) No lawyer may be appointed who has trained as a lawyer in the law of the Province of Nova Scotia and who has not been a lawyer for at least fifteen years with the Nova Scotia Bar Association. 2004, c. 28, p. 78. (c) Treatment of the disclosure of information from members` files. 2004, c.

28, p. 14. (i) require a member of the Society to undergo an assessment or examination, or both, to determine whether he or she is technically competent; Section 84 (1) The liability of a lawyer who practises as a lawyer for his own professional negligence shall not be affected by the fact that the lawyer practises that practice. (5) In addition to any special power or requirement to make regulations under this Act, the Board may make regulations for the management of the affairs of the company, for the pursuit of its objects and for carrying out its duties. 2004, c. 28, p. 6. (b) the granting of scholarships, scholarships and loans to persons participating in a legal education programme; (5) In instituting legal proceedings concerning a matter covered by this Act, the court shall take all reasonable steps to avoid including confidential or solicitor-client privilege information in those grounds.

2004, c. 28, p. 77; 2010, c. 56, p. 20. (4) The Corporation may be called “The Law Society of Nova Scotia”. 2004, c. 28, p. 3. (5) If the Hearing Panel finds a law firm guilty of professional misconduct, the Panel may, after the parties have had an opportunity to present evidence or submissions relating to the possible injunction, do one or more of the following: (2) The Association has all the powers necessary to carry out the mandatory professional liability claims program and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: The Association may (ii) conduct other relevant activities approved by the Board.

2004, c. 28, p. 4; 2010, c. 56, p. 2. (a) members of the Society with respect to their conduct, skills and professional abilities in the province or in a foreign territory; (b) persons who were members of the society when a question concerning their character or professional capacity arose; (3) An order made under this section may be challenged on a point of law in the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.