PO210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: German Town Law, The Honourable, Law Society
Document Summary
Focus on small town law (worked in muskoka as one of few lawyers in his area) The impact of lawyers on other lawyers: stressful work environment, puts pressure on individuals, many lawyers (by trade) don"t practice law. Duties of lawyers (for court, client, and behaviour) Discusses lawyers that were charged by the legal society (examples: lawyers must be civil and raise every issue to positively help client (oxy moron, disbarred for calling crown government . Role of the crown (according to jimmy: is to uphold justice, bernardo case. Ken murray, john rosen were bernardos lawyers. The lawyer helped him conceal evidence in his house, a tape which proved his guilt: after the investigation of bernardo"s house stopped, his lawyer took the tape and kept it for 17 months. After ken murray gave bernardo"s case away to john rosen, he went to the law society of upper canada to ask for advice regarding what he should do about the tape.
