Posted: May 07, 2021 3:32 PM AT | Last Updated: May 7
Lawyer Adam Rodgers will be permitted three more months to practise law before a one-year suspension begins. The suspension was scheduled to start July 1.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Nova Scotia lawyer Adam Rodgers has been given three additional months to practise law before he must begin serving a one-year suspension for professional misconduct.
Rodgers was found guilty by a disciplinary committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society that looked into allegations surrounding the collapse of Rodgers s old law firm, Boudrot Rodgers.
The firm was shut down in October 2018 after it was learned one of the partners, Jason Boudrot, had been stealing from clients trust accounts.
Posted: Apr 17, 2021 4:03 PM AT | Last Updated: April 17
Douglas Ruck will conduct a systemic discrimination review for the Nova Scotia Barristers Society.(Vernon Ramesar/CBC)
The Nova Scotia Barristers Society says systemic discrimination exists within its organization and in the justice system as a whole and it will work to eliminate it.
In a public statement on its website, the society said it has appointed lawyer Douglas Ruck to conduct an independent review of its policies and processes and to address areas of systemic discrimination.
Craig Garson, the president of the society, told CBC s
Mainstreet that the organization has heard from its members and members of affected communities that barriers exist to entering the profession, and that there are difficulties once they are in the profession.
Director of Policy Development and Education Appointed
April 15, 2021 - 1:00 PM
Veteran prosecutor Susan MacKay has been appointed director of policy development and education at the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service (PPS), a new position that will serve to enhance the organization’s infrastructure and operations.
“Crown attorneys are responsible for making a multitude of decisions which impact the lives of all Nova Scotians,” says Martin Herschorn, director of Public Prosecutions. “Policies, together with education, are how standards for these decisions are communicated to Crown attorneys. As laws change and new types of crime emerge, there is an ongoing need to develop and change policies and to continually educate Crown attorneys. This position is critical to ensuring the PPS retains its leading edge in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, and I’m pleased someone with Ms. MacKay’s skills will fill this new role.”
Family, friends mourn death of Halifax man who left law to start organic farm
Ken Armour, 60, died in January after a busy life as an organic farmer, high school teacher, academic, family and criminal defence lawyer, and caregiver.
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Ken Armour, 60, returned to his family home in Dominica after decades quietly helping people in Halifax
Posted: Feb 26, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 26
Ken Armour moved from Halifax back to his family home in Dominica in 2017. (Courtesy: lola doucet)
Family and friends of a former Halifax lawyer who enjoyed quietly helping people are mourning his death.
Ken Armour, 60, died in late January at his family home in Dominica, a small island country in the Caribbean. For some years he taught in Dominica as a high school teacher before moving to Nova Scotia in the late 1980s.