Law Society and Ontario Lawyers

Roma refugee claims: In the case of two of the lawyers, both of whom have since been disciplined by the Law Society of Upper Canada, only one per cent of their Roma refugee claims were accepted while other lawyers handling Roma cases had average acceptance rates of around 10 per cent, with some as high as 30 per cent, according to CBC. Lawyer suspended for 5 months for misconduct in Roma refugee cases Roma refugees victims of systemic discrimination Ontario Legal Aid toughens rules for lawyers Erzsebet Jaszi of Mississauga, Ont., was fined and disbarred by the Law Society last December. The three Ontario lawyers handled thousands of claims from Roma families between 2008 and 2012 and collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal aid fees, but only a small percentage of their clients were ever accepted as refugees. She was found guilty of not showing up at claimants' hearings, failing to translate important documents and not presenting accurate details of how claimants were persecuted in their home countries. Jaszi could not be trusted at all."Deportees ostracized in Hungary Jaszi is the second refugee lawyer to be disciplined by the Law Society. She also billed Legal Aid Ontario for services she never performed, money the agency said it is looking to recover."It the kind of conduct that sullies the reputation of the entire profession," the Law Society tribunal wrote in its decision to disbar Jaszi. "Ms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.