Terrigno v Weal

Decided: 2026-09-17. Docket: 2501-0355AC. Citation: 2026 ABCA 300 (CanLII). Professional responsibility — Counsel disqualification — Advocate-witness rule — Right to retain and continue with counsel of choice balanced against repute of the administration of justice — Law Society of Alberta Code of Conduct, rule 5.2-1 considered as public policy — Removal of counsel and firm where counsel is depicted in videos — Appeal dismissed | Professional responsibility — Test for removal — Public confidence — Whether proper consideration is fair-minded reasonably informed member of the public — Whether removal requires lawyer “likely” to be a witness and not a mere possibility — Hazelwood v Schlotter and Forward applied — No misinterpretation of applicable law — Appeal dismissed | Professional respons