Good Day Readers:As a layperson we continue to research more deeply into the functioning of The Law Society of Manitoba largely because of the fascinating case of Blackie who we cannot identify (nor the complainants - "Mr. Y" (What a guy that "Mr. Y!") a Winnipeg lawyer and "The Bully" a non-lawyer under Section 79 provisions of the province's Legal Profession Act governing its operations.
"Enemy to those who make him an enemy ..... friend to those who have no friend - that's Blackie!"According to its website (http://www.flsc.ca/en/about/about.asp), the Federation headquartered in Ottawa is the national coordinating body of Canada's 14 law societies mandidated to regulate the country's 95,000 lawyers and Quebec's 3,500 notaries. "Not surprisingly" Thompson Dorfman Sweatman's Jeff Hirsch is Manitoba's representative.
We say "not surprisingly" because without "gunning the numbers" we suspect close to 50% of the membership on the LSM's various committees, where the real power lies, are likely made up of TDS and Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson lawyers.
Ronald J. MacDonald, Q.C. President, Nova Scotia Department of JusticeMr. MacDonald is Criminal Law Policy Advisor with the Nova Scotia Department of Justice in Halifax. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University Law School. Ron was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1985 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.
He has worked extensively with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society since 1987, serving as a member of Bar Council from 1992 to 2001 and its President in 2005-2006. He joined the Federation Council in 2004 as the representative of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and is currently President elect.
Shortly, CyberSmokeBlog will be contacting Mr. MacDonald regarding decisions made by the Law Society of Manitoba related to the public interest in the Blackie case.
Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
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