Ontario’s top court has blocked a man who sexually abused children from being called to the bar, granting a victory to Ontario’s legal regulator after years of unsuccessfully trying to deny the man a licence.
A 2023 decision by the independent Law Society Tribunal finding that the man was of good character to be licensed was “unreasonable,” the Court of Appeal ruled Monday. The man is identified only as AA due to a publication ban.
Why was this under consideration to begin with?
