LSUC

The Law
Society
of Upper
Canada
(Ontario)
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BEWARE OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA.
Law Societies exist, not to protect consumers from lawyers, but to protect
lawyers from consumers.
CanLaw knows that most lawyers are basically honest, hard working, solid citizens.
But there are a significant number who let their position go to their egos.
They become rude, arrogant and occassionally corrupt.
There are just too many who think that because an action is legal, it is also moral when many times
it is not.
CanLaw is NOT AFFILIATED or connected in any way with the Law Society of Upper
Canada or any other law society.
Under no circumstances would we want to be connected with LSUC as they are cowards and
bullies. We compete with them and they routinely attack us because among other things, we
provide a much better referral service than they do. . .and CanLaw is FREE.
We recommend that all consumers avoid the law societies where ever possible. You will not get fair
treatment from them on your complaints. They exist not to protect consumers from lawyers, but to
protect lawyers from consumers. They bully competitors and abuse their power to suit their own
greed and whims. If lawyers are hated, the Law Society of Upper Canada is a very good reason why
that hatred is so widespread.
IS THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA STEALING
YOUR INTEREST PAYMENTS?
The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) forces their lawyers to send them the interest earned on
client funds held in the lawyers' trust accounts. That interest money belongs to you, the client, not to
the lawyer or the Law Society. According to the LSUC's own accounting, this theft of nickels and
dimes from clients like you, amounts to an average total of some $3 million dollars
($3,000,000.00) a year. Demand that your lawyer pay your earned interest money to you!!
Dealing With The Law Society of Upper Canada LSUC
LSUC has mounted another attack on CanLaw. We must be doing something right. They charge
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consumers for referrals by forcing them to use a 900 phone number, just like all those sex phone
line scams, which charges a fee (currently $6.00 plus tax) to their phone bill. CanLaw is a free
lawyer referral service.
Amazing Propaganda from the Law Society of Upper Canada
PDF documents glorifying the LSUC handling of complaints. Do not believe a word.
RUDENESS IN LAWYERS IS RAMPANT . . . a little power corrupts a little?
The Law Society of Upper Canada has found itself forced to toughen up their own Rules of
Professional Conduct regarding common courtesy in lawyers. They have so many complaints about
rude lawyers that they have actually made it an "offence." Yet they criticize CanLaw saying we are
rude. What hypocrites and cowards they are. They have also had to consider new rules preventing
lawyers from having sex with their clients. These are elementary ethics 101 issues and any moral
human being would not require laws to make them behave civilly. Ironic that lawyers (who become
judges) have to be threatened with the law to make them behave like human beings isn't it?
JAIL LAWYERS WHO LIE IN COURT?
Senator Anne Cools has been trying for years to pass a bill jailing lawyers who lie without success.
There are too many lawyers in Ottawa protecting their own union.
The voluminous Civil Law Review report notes in reference to the material and affidavits submitted
by lawyers in family law:
"Some contents of affidavits attached to the motion material were reported by members of the
public to be damaging forever.
We were told on more then one occasion that perjury in these affidavits is rampant." (dated March
1995)
It is clear from this and copious other material that lawyers lie to the courts with impunity in Canada
and the Law Societies' complaint process is largely a waste of time. Despite the notorious Lang
Michener matter, little appears to have changed.
CanLaw has a transcript on file where, astonishingly, the presiding judge actually found it
appropriate to thank the Crown Attorney for telling the truth.
QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK FIRST
BEFORE YOU RETAIN ANY ONTARIO LAWYER:
Ask these questions of both the Law Society and the lawyer.

CHECK THAT S/HE IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE LAW SOCIETY of UPPER
CANADA. A phone call to the Law Society at (416) 947-3300 is all it takes.

Ask when s/he was admitted to the Bar. (This will tell you how long they have been in
practice.)

Ask if s/he specializes in the area of law you in which you require assistance. What specialist
training or certification does s/he have?
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Ask how many similar cases s/he has handled? How many were won.

Ask if s/he has ever been disbarred, suspended, or disciplined by any Law Society anywhere.

Ask if she has been the subject of fee reviews.

Ask if any complaints have been made against her (regardless of the outcome) to the Law
Society.

Check with CanLaw to see if we have any complaints on file.
Here is our list of Lawyers in Ontario
ATTENTION LAWYERS: Click here to list your practice.
How Much Is A Judge Worth? We really don't know, but here's a list of some Judge's salaries.
Snoop to your heart's content.
A new and rather good Guide to the Ontario Courts Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal,
General Division and Provincial Division
HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS IN ONTARIO
Most Law Societies will NOT tell you if they have complaints against a lawyer unless s/he has
been "convicted" in an internal discipline hearing. However, of all the complaints received far
less then ten percent will ever get as far as a discipline hearing in Ontario The rest will be
dismissed or closed at the preliminary stages. About half of all complaints received are rejected
out of hand. Granted that a significant number of complaints are infact, groundless. However
5.000 complainants a year cannot all be wrong. This is morally repugnant and reminiscent of
Watergate coverups.
The Law Society of Upper Canada has about 16,000 active member lawyers. Weigh that against
an average of about 5,500 complaints per year.
In 2003, LSUC received 7,470 new complaints a 19% increase over 2002. A breakdown is
buried in their Report located here. Clearly nothing has changed. The LSUC continues to protect
lawyers at the expense of you the client. LSUC currently has $729,999 in the so called
unclaimed trust fund. This is money that belongs to the clients of lawyers or to their estates and it
should be very easy to locate the rightful owners. This situation is reminiscent of the Swiss
Bankers who are hiding Jewish Holocaust assets,
CanLaw has repeatedly tried to get more current statistics regarding the number of lawyers
disciplined in the last few years, but the Law Society ignores all requests. What are these
cowards hiding?
Source: Law Society of Upper Canada 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Complaints received 5,803 5,788 5,513 4,852 4,510
Complaints to Discipline 200 326 382 447 419
Complaints disgarded 5,603 5,452 5,191 4,405 4,099
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THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA
FILING COMPLAINTS AGAINST A LAWYER IN ONTARIO
The Law Society of Upper Canada has announced a new mediation program to help deal with
complaints. It is probably just another whitewash and we warn you not to rely on or trust the Law
Society of Upper Canada. They protect lawyers first and once in a long while they feel forced to
protect a consumer. One has to wonder how they will use mediation to handle incompetence,
corruption and right the damages done.
Generally, complaints to any Law Society are futile. Your complaint will be treated with a lack of
respect and your word will not be accepted over that of any lawyer. Nevertheless, complaints should
be filed on the slight chance that they will have an impact.
KNOW THE RULES. IT WILL HELP YOUR COMPLAINT!
Download the (Ontario) Law Society of Upper Canada
RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT HERE
( file is in Wordperfect format. If you are unable to convert that format, contact the LSUC and ask
them to send you a copy.) and use and read them to help organize your complaint. It is better if you
can say that the lawyer violated rule # xxx by doing what she did or did not do. This organizes your
material and shows you have done your homework. HINT: Keep your complaint calm and rational.
Avoid name calling, abuse and threats. Try to stick to the facts and avoid all emotion.

File a complaint about a lawyer with CanLaw click here:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for information under the Freedom of Information Statutes must be answered within
30 days. Although the law societies are not bound by these statutes, most will comply and fill
your requests.
The current PR contact for the Law Society is:
Steven Heipel
Mail to: Freedom of Information
Law Society of Upper Canada
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West
Toronto Ont M5H 2N6
Tel: (416) 947-3300 Fax: (604) 947-3924
Treasurer
Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C.
The Law Society of Upper
Canada
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street
West
Toronto, ON
M5H 2N6
Chief Executive Officer
John T. Saso
The Law Society of Upper
Canada
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street
West
Toronto, ON
M5H 2N6
Secretary
Richard F. Tinsley
The Law Society of Upper
Canada
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street
West
Toronto, ON
M5H 2N6
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Last Updated: 06/22/2006 21:55:21
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Tel: (416) 947-3498
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treasurer@lsuc.on.ca
Tel:(416) 947-3308
Fax: (416) 947-3600
jsaso@lsuc.on.ca
Tel: (416) 947-3344
Fax: (416) 947-9062
rtinsley@lsuc.on.ca
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