Can a continuing inability to practise law pending appeal prove irreparable harm?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Steven James Vano, 2009 ONLSAP 16 (CanLII):
It is self-evident that, in some circumstances, the continuing inability to practise law pending appeal will evidence irreparable harm. For example, in Law Society of Upper Canada v. Kay, 2007 L.S.D.D. No. 14, at para. 15, the appeal panel stated:
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