Oleynik v Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, nlca, 2026nlca15, 2026 nlca 15 (canlii), 2026, nlca, 15, (canlii), 202201h0067, 2026, professional responsibility, law society complaints, complaints authorization committee screening, reasonable grounds to believe conduct deserving of sanction, committee concluded no reasonable grounds on nine allegations, statutory purpose under law society act, 1999, s. 50(1), appeal dismissed, procedure, case management, civil appeal process, whether ordering case management without oral argument denied procedural fairness, inherent jurisdiction under judicature act, s. 3 relied on, rules of the supreme court, rule 58.02(3) and rule 18a considered, no prejudice shown, appeal dismissed, professional responsibility, lawyer conduct, duty of good faith, whether failure to consider duty of good faith to a member of the public was an error, reliance on tilley v. law society of newfoundland & labrador distinguished, committee found lawyer acted courteously and professionally, ground of appeal dismissed, appeal dismissed, procedure, appeal record, inspection of documents, whether refusal to allow inspection of law society documents was an error, rule 32.05 held not applicable to appeals, rule 58.09 required filing the complete record, remedy would be production to court, not inspection, ground of appeal dismissed, appeal dismissed, procedure, functus officio, amendment of reasons, whether appeal judge exceeded or misconstrued authority to amend reasons, rules of the supreme court, rule 15.07 and rule 15.09 applied, clerical amendments permitted, substantive changes for appeal, no error in scope of amendments, ground of appeal dismissed, appeal dismissed