Minister Chris Alexander and Viktor Hohots

complainants: Hohots failed to assume complete professional responsibility for his practice and that he failed to directly and effectively supervise the non-lawyer staff of his law office to whom he delegated the preparation of refugee claims, he said in his submission, according to Toronto Star. Supporters of the complainants — most who were denied asylum and been deported — hope Immigration Minister Chris Alexander can reopen their files, given Hohots’ admission. At a disciplinary hearing Monday, Viktor Hohots filed an agreed statement of facts with a Law Society of Upper Canada panel relating to allegations made by 13 complainants, all Roma refugees from Hungary, between August 2009 and February 2012. They include a Roma family who sought sanctuary in a Toronto church for three years, hoping their claim would finally be accepted. Hohots could face suspension, supervised practice or lose his licence. Both Hohots and Mitchell Worsoff, his lawyer, said they would reserve their comments until his penalty hearing on May 11. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.