money laundering
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Commitment Issues
The Supreme Court has released its judgment in Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2015 SCC 7, holding that some of the obligations which federal legislation intended to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism cannot be constitutionally applied to lawyers. It thus (largely) confirmed the decision of the British Columbia Court Continue reading
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Dirty Laundry
Can the state enlist lawyers to help it crack down on money laundering in which their clients might be involved? This was the question addressed by the B.C. Court of Appeal in Federation of Law Societies of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 BCCA 147, an important judgment delivered last week. Elevating the independence of the Continue reading
Double Aspect 