B-1, r. 14.1 - By-law respecting the professional training of advocates

Section 28 Disposition versions

2024-01-25

28. Beginning on the date on which a candidate registers for a professional training period and for the duration of the professional training components provided for in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this Division, the Professional Training Committee may, where a candidate fails to comply with the provisions of this By-law, the provisions of the Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by persons other than advocates (chapter B-1, r. 1.01), or the operating rules of the Bar School which the candidate has undertaken to observe, impose one or more of the following measures on the candidate according to the nature, gravity and recurrence of the candidate’s failure to comply and, where applicable, determine the deadline and conditions for remedying the failure:

(1)  reprimand;

(2)  refusal of access to documentation, refusal of registration for an examination, refusal to allow participation in an activity, or withholding of a mark for an examination or evaluation;

(3)  cancellation of an activity or a failing grade for an examination or activity;

(4)  cancellation of admission to or registration for the Bar School.

Before imposing one or more of the measures referred to in the first paragraph, the Committee notifies a notice to the candidate informing him or her of its intention, giving reasons, and of the date of the meeting during which his or her file will be examined. The notice also informs the candidate of his or her right to present written observations and, where applicable, to provide a copy of any document needed to complete his or her file, within 5 working days of the date of notification of the notice.

The Committee notifies its decision to the candidate within 5 working days following the meeting referred to in the second paragraph.

O.C. 1835-2023, s. 28.

Not in force

In force: 2024-01-25

28. Beginning on the date on which a candidate registers for a professional training period and for the duration of the professional training components provided for in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this Division, the Professional Training Committee may, where a candidate fails to comply with the provisions of this By-law, the provisions of the Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by persons other than advocates (chapter B-1, r. 1.01), or the operating rules of the Bar School which the candidate has undertaken to observe, impose one or more of the following measures on the candidate according to the nature, gravity and recurrence of the candidate’s failure to comply and, where applicable, determine the deadline and conditions for remedying the failure:

(1)  reprimand;

(2)  refusal of access to documentation, refusal of registration for an examination, refusal to allow participation in an activity, or withholding of a mark for an examination or evaluation;

(3)  cancellation of an activity or a failing grade for an examination or activity;

(4)  cancellation of admission to or registration for the Bar School.

Before imposing one or more of the measures referred to in the first paragraph, the Committee notifies a notice to the candidate informing him or her of its intention, giving reasons, and of the date of the meeting during which his or her file will be examined. The notice also informs the candidate of his or her right to present written observations and, where applicable, to provide a copy of any document needed to complete his or her file, within 5 working days of the date of notification of the notice.

The Committee notifies its decision to the candidate within 5 working days following the meeting referred to in the second paragraph.

O.C. 1835-2023, s. 28.