{"id":149,"date":"2006-03-30T17:41:47","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T22:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cavanaghwilliams.com\/blawg\/?p=149"},"modified":"2006-03-30T17:41:47","modified_gmt":"2006-03-30T22:41:47","slug":"guidelines-for-when-solicitor-will-be-removed-from-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cavanagh.ca\/blog\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for When Solicitor Will be Removed from Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

In George S. Szeto Investments Ltd. et al. v. Ott et al.<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, Master Robert Beaudoin has provided a very useful “checklist” of factors that a court will consider when deciding whether or not a party’s solicitor should, on motion by an opposing party, be removed as solicitor of record. In particular, the case focuses on the issue of a party’s lawyer being a witness at trial.<\/p>\n

The law is not new; Master Beaudoin relied on a 1992 Divisional Court decision. But in his reasons, he discusses some of the problems that have cropped up since then on these kinds of motions. (For example, there is a divergence of authority as to whether the motion to remove the opposing solicitor should be brought early or late in the proceedings. The Master reconciles these two streams of caselaw.)<\/p>\n

In our experience,\u00a0the frequency of this type of motions is on the rise. It is helpful to have the applicable principles so conveniently summarized in one place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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