Indigenous council and government appointees among Bill 21 concerns

B.C. lawyers and their self-governing regulator have filed their much-anticipated lawsuits against the provincial government claiming legislation to reform the latter is unconstitutional.

The society’s claim against the government, filed in B.C. Supreme Court May 27, argues government is imposing “guiding principles” on the new regulator, expected to be named Legal Professions British Columbia, which will oversee not just lawyers, but notaries and paralegals. A transitional board will be struck to create the new regulator’s first rules, which require consultation and approval from an Indigenous council, to be formed by the Metis Nation B.C. and B.C. First Nations Justice Council.

The new regulator’s 17-member board composition is a primary concern. While the bill provides for at least nine lawyers on the board, for a slim majority, lawyers will no longer form a “functional majority,” according to the society.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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