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2007CanLIIDocs24"Lack of Expertise"
One of the most unsettling aspects of allowing Bar Societies to judge medical fitness is that they are entirely unqualified to do so.
[...]
Edson goes so far as to suggest that allowing lawyers to assess applicants’ medical fitness is “analogous to giving a psychiatrist a criminal law hornbook and expecting him or her to successfully defend a client in a murder trial.”142She explains that “although the hornbook may contain most of the necessary information”to make a successful defence, the psychiatrist “would still lack the requisite training, skill or experience to adequately perform the task.”143
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and
https://www.lso.ca/about-lso/legislation-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct
[7] The lawyer should also recognize that competence for a particular task may require seeking advice from or collaborating with experts in scientific, accounting, or other non legal fields, and, in such a situation, when it is appropriate, the lawyer should not hesitate to seek the client's instructions to consult experts.
and
Special Responsibility
6.3.1-1 A lawyer has a special responsibility to respect the requirements of human rights laws in force in Ontario and, specifically, to honour the obligation not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (as defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person.[Amended - June 2007, January 2014]
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