The appellant, a former lawyer whose licence was revoked following a criminal conviction for misappropriating client funds, appealed an order terminating the Law Society's trusteeship over his law practice.
He argued the motion judge erred in denying an adjournment, fixing the trustee's compensation, and authorizing the destruction of his client files after one year.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal regarding the adjournment and compensation, finding no reviewable error.
However, on consent of the Law Society, the court varied the order to extend the file retention period to allow the appellant access to the files for his pending criminal appeal.
