What are the circumstances in which a solicitor has been found to have failed to follow the proper steps on behalf of a client?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Nunez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 15156 (FC):
The failure of a solicitor to take the proper steps on behalf of the client was found to be special reasons in Panta v. Canada [1993] F.C.J. No. 898 but in that case, the solicitor filed an affidavit admitting her role in the delay. Conspicuously, that is not the case here.
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