Can a member of the Law Society resign as a result of extenuating and extraordinary circumstances rather than be disbarred?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Peter Poulakis, 2008 ONLSHP 57 (CanLII):
Counsel for the Lawyer referred to cases in which as a result of extenuating and extraordinary circumstances, members were permitted to resign as opposed to being disbarred. He referred in particular to paragraph 71 in the decision of Law Society of Upper Canada v. Winton, [2007] L.S.D.D. No. 110, where examples of cases involving extenuating and extraordinary circumstances are set out.
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