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TAB 14
Report to ConvocationFebruary 22, 2016
Tribunal Committee
Committee MembersBarbara Murchie (Chair)
Peter Wardle (Vice-Chair)Raj Anand
Larry BanackMarion Boyd
Jack BraithwaiteChristopher Bredt
Robert BurdLee Ferrier
Rocco GalatiIsfahan Merali
Baljit Sikand
Purpose of Report: Decision and Information
Prepared by the Policy Secretariat(Darcy Belisle 416-947-3989)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Decision
In Camera Item TAB 14.1
Information
Tribunal Statistics Review (Q3 and Q4, 2016) TAB 14.2
Q3 2016 Statistics Report TAB 14.2.1
Q4 2016 Statistics Report TAB 14.2.2
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COMMITTEE PROCESS
1. The Committee met on February 9, 2017. Committee members in attendance included Barbara Murchie (Chair), Raj Anand, Larry Banack, Peter Beach, Christopher Bredt, Robert Burd (by teleconference), Paul Cooper, Janis Criger Isfahan Merali and Peter Wardle. CEO Rob Lapper also attended a portion of the meeting. Tribunal Chair David Wright and Tribunal staff members Joe Zaffino and Samantha Gomez attended a portion of the meeting. Law Society Staff in attendance included Jennifer Khor and Darcy Belisle.
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TAB 14.2
FOR INFORMATION
TRIBUNAL 2016 THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER STATISTICS
8. The Tribunal’s quarterly reports for the third and fourth quarters of 2016 are set out at TAB 14.2.1: Q3 2016 Statistics Report and TAB 14.2.2: Q4 2016 Statistics Report for information.
9. Ongoing collection and reporting of Tribunal operational statistics assist the Tribunal to monitor issues, needs and implementation of the new model and enable the Committee and Convocation to track certain processes and statistics. The format of statistics gathered will be adjusted when the Tribunal's new case management system is fully implemented.
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TAB 14.2.1
2016 LAW SOCIETY TRIBUNAL STATISTICS
Third Quarter Report: July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016
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Files Opened .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Files Closed ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Open Files at the End of Each Quarter.................................................................................................. 6
Summary Files Opened and Closed ...................................................................................................... 8
Open Summary Files at End of Quarter ................................................................................................ 8
Number of Lawyers and Paralegals Before the Tribunal....................................................................... 9
Number of Files and Frequency Before the Tribunal .......................................................................... 10
Total Hearings Scheduled and Vacated .............................................................................................. 11
Reasons for Vacated Hearings ............................................................................................................ 12
Calendar Days Scheduled and Vacated .............................................................................................. 13
Reasons For and Number of Resulting Vacated Calendar Days ........................................................ 14
Parties’ Adjournment Requests ........................................................................................................... 15
Parties’ Position on Adjournment Requests ........................................................................................ 16
Lawyer Matters ................................................................................................................................. 16
Paralegal Matters ............................................................................................................................. 16
Tribunal Reasons Produced and Published ........................................................................................ 17
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Files Opened The Tribunal opens a file when it is issued upon the filing of an originating process that has been
served on the parties. An originating process includes a notice of application, referral for hearing,
motion for interlocutory suspension or practice restriction, and appeal.
Files related to the same lawyer or paralegal that are heard concurrently are counted as separate
files.
NOTE – In all tables in this document, numbers in parentheses are 2015 figures.
Table 1 Number of lawyer and paralegal files opened in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions for each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Files 44 (42) 54 (37) 32 (30) 130 (109)
Lawyer 37 43 27 107
Paralegal 7 11 5 23
Hearing Files 41 (36) 50 (34) 31 (29) 122 (99)
Lawyer 34 39 26 99
Paralegal 7 11 5 23
Appeal Files 3 (6) 4 (3) 1 (1) 8 (10)
Lawyer 3 4 1 8
Paralegal 0 0 0 0
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Files Closed The Tribunal closes a file after the final decision and order, and reasons if any, have been delivered
or published. A file that is closed in a quarter may have been opened in that same quarter or any
time prior.
Table 2 Number of lawyer and paralegal files closed in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions for each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Files 65 (51) 38 (38) 33 (34) 136 (123)
Lawyer 52 32 28 112
Paralegal 13 6 5 24
Hearing Files 63 (45) 34 (34) 32 (29) 129 (108)
Lawyer 50 29 27 106
Paralegal 13 5 5 23
Appeal Files 2 (6) 4 (4) 1 (5) 7 (15)
Lawyer 2 3 1 6
Paralegal 0 1 0 1
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Figure 1 Number and age of files closed in each file type.
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8 10
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Age in Months
Age of Closed Files by File Type at End of Quarter
Appeal - 1 Capacity - 1 Conduct - 27 Interlocutory Suspension - 3 Licensing - 1
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Open Files at the End of Each Quarter Table 3 Number of lawyer and paralegal files that were open at the end of each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total Files 142 (145) 163 (145) 160 (141)
Lawyer 118 134 134
Paralegal 24 29 26
Hearing Files 125 (127) 146 (126) 147 (128)
Lawyer 104 119 121
Paralegal 21 27 26
Appeal Files 17 (18) 17 (19) 13 (13)
Lawyer 14 15 13
Paralegal 3 2 0
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Figure 2 Number and age of open files in each file type.
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Age of Open Files by File Type at End of Quarter
Appeal - 17 Capacity - 11Conduct - 109 Licensing - 11Interlocutory suspension - 10 Reinstatement - 2
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Summary Files Opened and Closed A summary file is a proceeding that is first returnable to a hearing panel and bypasses the PMC in
accordance with s.2(1) of O. Reg. 167/07. These files are typically heard by a single adjudicator.
This data is a subset of the information in Table 1 and Table 2.
Table 4 Number of lawyer and paralegal summary files that were opened and closed in each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Summary Files Opened
10 (10) 13 (10) 3 (7) 26 (27)
Lawyer 8 12 3 23
Paralegal 2 1 0 3
Total Summary Files Closed
16 (9) 14 (11) 9 (8) 39 (28)
Lawyer 11 13 8 32
Paralegal 5 1 1 7
Open Summary Files at End of Quarter Table 5 Number of lawyer and paralegal summary files that were open at the end of each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total Summary Files 13 (18) 13 (18) 8 (17)
Lawyer 12 12 8
Paralegal 1 1 0
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Number of Lawyers and Paralegals Before the Tribunal Table 6 Number of lawyers and paralegals before the Tribunal at various proceeding stages.
Stage Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Yearly Total
Proceeding Management Conference (PMC)
58 (48) 52 (52) 61 (41) 124 (103)
Lawyers 49 37 47 102
Paralegals 9 15 14 22
Hearing 43 (40) 50 (47) 35 (47) 107 (104)
Lawyers 31 45 31 86
Paralegals 12 5 4 21
Appeal Management Conference (AMC)
6 (5) 6 (3) 4 (3) 12 (9)
Lawyers 4 6 4 10
Paralegals 2 0 0 2
Appeal 3 (6) 5 (4) 4 (1) 12 (9)
Lawyers 3 3 4 10
Paralegals 0 2 0 2
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Number of Files and Frequency Before the Tribunal Files heard on more than one occasion by the Tribunal within a quarter are counted each time the
file proceeds before the Tribunal.
Table 7 Number of files before the Tribunal and number of times files were considered by the Tribunal.
Stage Q1
Files
Q1
Times Considered
Q2
Files
Q2
Times Considered
Q3
Files
Q3
Times Considered
Q4
Files
Q4
Times Considered
Total Files
Total Times
Considered
PMC 64
(50)
96
(73)
55
(58)
72
(97)
60
(44)
84
(62)
139
(113)
252
(232)
Lawyer 53 77 39 52 47 61 113 190
Paralegal 11 19 16 20 13 23 26 62
Hearing 51
(46)
57
(61)
56
(55)
68
(77)
38
(55)
50
(70)
124
(121)
175
(208)
Lawyer 39 44 50 62 34 46 102 152
Paralegal 12 13 6 6 4 4 22 23
AMC 6
(5)
10
(6)
6
(4)
11
(4)
4
(3)
4
(4)
12
(9)
25
(14)
Lawyer 4 8 6 11 4 4 10 23
Paralegal 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
Appeal 3
(6)
4
(7)
5
(4)
5
(4)
4
(1)
5
(1)
12
(9)
14
(12)
Lawyer 3 4 3 3 4 5 10 12
Paralegal 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
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Total Hearings Scheduled and Vacated The number of hearings scheduled in each quarter is listed below. Files scheduled on more than one
occasion within a quarter are counted each time the file is scheduled. A hearing is counted as
scheduled when the date the hearing is to proceed falls within the quarter. A hearing is counted as
vacated when it does not proceed on the scheduled date. A multi-day hearing is partially vacated if it
proceeded on only some of the scheduled days. Reasons for vacated hearings are noted in Table 9.
The number of hearing calendar days is noted in Table 11.
Table 8 Total hearings scheduled and vacated per quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of hearings scheduled1
86
(75)
81
(86)
67
(71)
234
(232)
Lawyer 69 73 59 201
Paralegal 17 8 8 33
Number of hearings completely vacated
25
(21)
19
(21)
14
(9)
58
(51)
Percentage of hearings completely vacated
29%
(28%)
23%
(24%)
21%
(13%)
25%
(22%)
Lawyer 23 17 11 51
Paralegal 2 2 3 7
Number of hearings partially vacated
4
(14)
13
(9)
7
(7)
24
(30)
Percentage of hearings partially vacated
5%
(19%)
16%
(10%)
10%
(10%)
10%
(13%)
Lawyer 2 12 6 20
Paralegal 2 1 1 4
Number of appeal hearings scheduled2
8
(11)
7
(5)
5
(1)
20
(17)
Lawyer 7 5 5 17
Paralegal 1 2 0 3
Number of appeal hearings completely vacated
2
(3)
1
(1)
0
(0)
3
(4)
Percentage of appeal hearings completely vacated
25%
(27%)
14%
(20%)
0%
(0%)
15%
(24%)
Lawyer 2 1 0 3
Paralegal 0 0 0 0
1 This includes PMC motion hearings. 2 This includes AMC motion hearings.
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Reasons for Vacated Hearings A hearing may be vacated for more than one reason. These tables show the number of times each
reason resulted in a vacated hearing. In these tables, L represents lawyers and P represents
paralegals.
Table 9 Reasons hearings were vacated per quarter.
Reasons Hearings Were Vacated Q1 (L)
Q1 (P)
Q2 (L)
Q2 (P)
Q3 (L)
Q3 (P)
Q4 (L)
Q4 (P)
Agreed Statement of Facts (ASF) concluded / expected
1 2
Evidence / Disclosure 1 1 2
Matter abandoned 2 1
Matter finished 2
Matter proceeded in writing instead 1
Matter returned to PAC 1
Matter returned to PHC / PMC 1
Matter stayed 2
Motion heard instead 1 1
New representative / counsel unprepared 3 3 3 2
Panel ill / unavailable 1 1
Party / representative / witness ill or unavailable 5 8 2 5
Party / representative unprepared 6 1
Party subject of other proceeding 1 1
Table 10 Reasons that portions of hearings were vacated per quarter.
Reasons Portions Of Hearings Were Vacated Q1 (L)
Q1 (P)
Q2 (L)
Q2 (P)
Q3 (L)
Q3 (P)
Q4 (L)
Q4 (P)
ASF concluded / expected 1 6 1 1
Hearing completed ahead of time estimated 1 5 4
Panel ill / unavailable 1
Party / representative / key witness unavailable / ill 1 1 1
Submissions to be made 1
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Calendar Days Scheduled and Vacated The number of hearing calendar days scheduled is listed below. Multiple hearings are often
scheduled on each calendar day. A vacated calendar day is a day on which no scheduled hearings
or appearances before the PMC or AMC proceeded. The day an adjournment request is heard is not
counted as a vacated calendar day. For example, if a request to adjourn a three-day hearing was
granted on the first day, only the remaining days are counted as vacated. Or, if one hearing was
vacated, but other hearings proceeded on the same day, that day is not counted as vacated. Some
hearings and appeals were heard on the same calendar day.
Reasons for vacated calendar days are noted in Table 12.
Table 11 Number of calendar days that were scheduled and vacated in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of available calendar days
62 (62) 63 (63) 64 (63) 189 (188)
Number of Hearing Division calendar days scheduled
51 (59) 57 (61) 52 (54) 160
(174)
Number of Hearing Division calendar days vacated
5 (5)
5 (2) 6 (4) 16 (11)
Percentage of Hearing Division calendar days vacated
10% (9%) 9% (3%) 12% (7%)
10% (6%)
Number of Appeal Division calendar days scheduled
12 (13) 7 (6) 5 (5) 24 (24)
Number of Appeal Division calendar days vacated
1 (3) 1 (2) 0 (0) 2 (5)
Percentage of Appeal Division calendar days vacated
8% (23%) 14% (33%) 0% (0%) 8% (21%)
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Reasons For and Number of Resulting Vacated Calendar Days The first figure in each quarter’s column represents the number of times a panel accepted this
reason. The second figure represents the number of resulting vacated calendar days. The number of
calendar days vacated shown on this page may be greater than the calendar days vacated as
reported in Table 11 because more than one matter may have been scheduled to be heard on the
same day and all were vacated; so one calendar day may have been vacated for more than one
reason and for more than one matter.
Table 12 Reasons and the number of times each was accepted and resulted in vacated calendar days.
Reasons For Vacated Calendar Days Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
ASF concluded / expected 3-3 4-4 1-1
Counsel unprepared 3-3 1-1
New representative 2-2 1-1 2-3
Cross-examination of witness rescheduled 1-1
Panel ill / unavailable 2-2
Party or representative unavailable / ill 1-1 1-2
Hearing completed ahead of time estimated 1-1
Matter proceeded to PHC instead 1-1
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Parties’ Adjournment Requests The following table lists the number of adjournment requests made to the Law Society Tribunal in
each quarter. Adjournment requests reported below may relate to matters scheduled to be heard
during this quarter or in a subsequent quarter. In this table, L represents lawyers and P represents
paralegals.
Table 13 Number of adjournment requests granted and denied per quarter by the Hearing and Appeal Divisions
Adjournment Requests
Q1 (L) Q1 (P) Q2 (L) Q2 (P) Q3 (L) Q3 (P) Q4 (L) Q4 (P) Cumulative
Granted by PMC
8 (9) 1 (0) 1 (7) 2 (0) 2 (2) 1 (1) 15 (18)
Denied by PMC 3 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) 4 (4)
Granted by Hearing Division
4 (10) 0 (3) 11 (10) 0 (0) 6 (5) 1 (1) 22 (29)
Denied by Hearing Division
1 (0) 0 (1) 3 (1) 1 (0) 1 (2) 1 (1) 7 (5)
Granted by AMC
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Denied by AMC 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Granted by Appeal Division
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Denied by Appeal Division
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
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Parties’ Position on Adjournment Requests
Lawyer Matters Table 14 Parties position on adjournment requests in lawyer matters for Q1.
Adjournment Requests On Consent Opposed Unopposed Total
Granted by PMC 1 1 2
Denied by PMC
Granted by the Hearing Division 2 2 4 8
Denied by the Hearing Division 1 1
Paralegal Matters Table 15 Parties position on adjournment requests in paralegal matters for Q1.
Adjournment Requests On Consent Opposed Unopposed Total
Granted by PMC 1 1
Denied by PMC
Granted by the Hearing Division
Denied by the Hearing Division 1 1
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Tribunal Reasons Produced and Published The number of reasons produced does not equal the number of reasons published because some
reasons produced in a quarter may not be published or will be published in a subsequent quarter.
Table 16 Number of oral and written reasons produced and published per quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of written reasons produced
41 (42) 42 (36) 28 (31) 111 (109)
Lawyer 34 34 27 95
Paralegal 7 8 1 16
Number of written reasons published
41 (47) 42 (41) 28 (29) 111 (117)
Lawyer 34 34 27 95
Paralegal 7 8 1 16
Number of oral reasons produced
15 (13) 13 (22) 15 (19) 43 (54)
Lawyer 11 11 13 35
Paralegal 4 2 2 8
Number of oral reasons published
15 (10) 10 (8) 8 (12) 33 (30)
Lawyer 9 9 6 24
Paralegal 6 1 2 9
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TAB 14.2.2
2016 LAW SOCIETY TRIBUNAL STATISTICS
Fourth Quarter Report: October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
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Files Opened .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Files Closed ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Open Files at the End of Each Quarter.................................................................................................. 7
Summary Files Opened and Closed ...................................................................................................... 9
Open Summary Files at End of Quarter ................................................................................................ 9
Number of Lawyers and Paralegals Before the Tribunal..................................................................... 10
Number of Files and Frequency Before the Tribunal .......................................................................... 11
Total Hearings Scheduled and Vacated .............................................................................................. 12
Reasons for Vacated Hearings ............................................................................................................ 13
Calendar Days Scheduled and Vacated .............................................................................................. 14
Reasons For and Number of Resulting Vacated Calendar Days ........................................................ 15
Parties’ Adjournment Requests ........................................................................................................... 16
Parties’ Position on Adjournment Requests ........................................................................................ 17
Lawyer Matters ................................................................................................................................. 17
Paralegal Matters ............................................................................................................................. 17
Tribunal Reasons Produced and Published ........................................................................................ 18
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Files Opened The Tribunal opens a file when it is issued upon the filing of an originating process that has been
served on the parties. An originating process includes a notice of application, referral for hearing,
motion for interlocutory suspension or practice restriction, and appeal.
Files related to the same lawyer or paralegal that are heard concurrently are counted as separate
files.
NOTE – In all tables in this document, numbers in parentheses are 2015 figures.
Table 1 Number of lawyer and paralegal files opened in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions for each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Files 44 (42) 54 (37) 32 (30) 51 (49) 181 (158)
Lawyer 37 43 27 38 145
Paralegal 7 11 5 13 36
Hearing Files 41 (36) 50 (34) 31 (29) 47 (43) 169 (142)
Lawyer 34 39 26 34 133
Paralegal 7 11 5 13 36
Appeal Files 3 (6) 4 (3) 1 (1) 4 (6) 12 (16)
Lawyer 3 4 1 4 12
Paralegal 0 0 0 0 0
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Files Closed The Tribunal closes a file after the final decision and order, and reasons if any, have been delivered
or published. A file that is closed in a quarter may have been opened in that same quarter or any
time prior.
Table 2 Number of lawyer and paralegal files closed in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions for each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Files 65 (51) 38 (38) 33 (34) 33 (37) 169 (160)
Lawyer 52 32 28 24 136
Paralegal 13 6 5 9 33
Hearing Files 63 (45) 34 (34) 32 (29) 28 (34) 157 (142)
Lawyer 50 29 27 21 127
Paralegal 13 5 5 7 30
Appeal Files 2 (6) 4 (4) 1 (5) 5 (3) 12 (18)
Lawyer 2 3 1 3 9
Paralegal 0 1 0 2 3
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Figure 1 Number and age of files closed in each file type.
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Age of Closed Files by File Type at End of Quarter
Appeal - 5 Capacity - 2
Conduct - 16 Interlocutory Suspension - 9
Licensing - 1
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Open Files at the End of Each Quarter Table 3 Number of lawyer and paralegal files that were open at the end of each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total Files 142 (145) 163 (145) 160 (141) 176 (153)
Lawyer 118 134 134 146
Paralegal 24 29 26 34
Hearing Files 125 (127) 146 (126) 147 (128) 162 (137)
Lawyer 104 119 121 128
Paralegal 21 27 26 34
Appeal Files 17 (18) 17 (19) 13 (13) 16 (16)
Lawyer 14 15 13 16
Paralegal 3 2 0 0
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Figure 2 Number and age of open files in each file type.
5 5 42
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Working with or employing unauthorized persons - 2
Reinstatement - 2
Interlocutory suspension - 13
Licensing - 12
Conduct - 121
Capacity - 10
Appeal - 16
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Summary Files Opened and Closed A summary file is a proceeding that is first returnable to a hearing panel and bypasses the PMC in
accordance with s.2(1) of O. Reg. 167/07. These files are typically heard by a single adjudicator.
This data is a subset of the information in Table 1 and Table 2.
Table 4 Number of lawyer and paralegal summary files that were opened and closed in each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Total Summary Files Opened
10 (10) 13 (10) 3 (7) 14 (13) 40 (40)
Lawyer 8 12 3 10 33
Paralegal 2 1 0 4 7
Total Summary Files Closed
16 (9) 14 (11) 9 (8) 3 (9) 42 (37)
Lawyer 11 13 8 2 34
Paralegal 5 1 1 1 8
Open Summary Files at End of Quarter Table 5 Number of lawyer and paralegal summary files that were open at the end of each quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total Summary Files 13 (18) 13 (18) 8 (17) 20 (21)
Lawyer 12 12 8 16
Paralegal 1 1 0 4
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Number of Lawyers and Paralegals Before the Tribunal Table 6 Number of lawyers and paralegals before the Tribunal at various proceeding stages.
Stage Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Yearly Total
Proceeding Management Conference (PMC)
58 (48) 52 (52) 61 (41) 60 (43) 157 (122)
Lawyers 49 37 47 49 127
Paralegals 9 15 14 11 30
Hearing 43 (40) 50 (47) 35 (47) 55 (54) 147 (137)
Lawyers 31 45 31 38 112
Paralegals 12 5 4 17 35
Appeal Management Conference (AMC)
6 (5) 6 (3) 4 (3) 4 (4) 14 (12)
Lawyers 4 6 4 4 12
Paralegals 2 0 0 0 2
Appeal 3 (6) 5 (4) 4 (1) 2 (4) 14 (12)
Lawyers 3 3 4 2 12
Paralegals 0 2 0 0 2
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Number of Files and Frequency Before the Tribunal Files heard on more than one occasion by the Tribunal within a quarter are counted each time the
file proceeds before the Tribunal.
Table 7 Number of files before the Tribunal and number of times files were considered by the Tribunal.
Stage Q1
Files
Q1
Times Considered
Q2
Files
Q2
Times Considered
Q3
Files
Q3
Times Considered
Q4
Files
Q4
Times Considered
Total Files
Total Times
Considered
PMC 64
(50)
96
(73)
55
(58)
72
(97)
60
(44)
84
(62)
63
(46)
92
(66)
176
(137)
344
(298)
Lawyer 53 77 39 52 47 61 51 73 141 263
Paralegal 11 19 16 20 13 23 12 19 35 81
Hearing 51
(46)
57
(61)
56
(55)
68
(77)
38
(55)
50
(70)
61
(57)
77
(74)
174
(158)
252
(282)
Lawyer 39 44 50 62 34 46 41 57 133 209
Paralegal 12 13 6 6 4 4 20 20 41 43
AMC 6
(5)
10
(6)
6
(4)
11
(4)
4
(3)
4
(4)
4
(4)
10
(6)
14
(12)
35
(20)
Lawyer 4 8 6 11 4 4 4 10 12 33
Paralegal 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Appeal 3
(6)
4
(7)
5
(4)
5
(4)
4
(1)
5
(1)
2
(4)
2
(4)
14
(12)
16
(16)
Lawyer 3 4 3 3 4 5 2 2 12 14
Paralegal 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
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Total Hearings Scheduled and Vacated The number of hearings scheduled in each quarter is listed below. Files scheduled on more than one
occasion within a quarter are counted each time the file is scheduled. A hearing is counted as
scheduled when the date the hearing is to proceed falls within the quarter. A hearing is counted as
vacated when it does not proceed on the scheduled date. A multi-day hearing is partially vacated if it
proceeded on only some of the scheduled days. Reasons for vacated hearings are noted in Table 9.
The number of hearing calendar days is noted in Table 11.
Table 8 Total hearings scheduled and vacated per quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of hearings scheduled1
86
(75)
81
(86)
67
(71)
97
(83)
331
(315)
Lawyer 69 73 59 73 274
Paralegal 17 8 8 24 57
Number of hearings completely vacated
25
(21)
19
(21)
14
(9)
20
(13)
78
(64)
Percentage of hearings completely vacated
29%
(28%)
23%
(24%)
21%
(13%)
21%
(16%)
24%
(20%)
Lawyer 23 17 11 16 67
Paralegal 2 2 3 4 11
Number of hearings partially vacated
4
(14)
13
(9)
7
(7)
10
(10)
34
(40)
Percentage of hearings partially vacated
5%
(19%)
16%
(10%)
10%
(10%)
10%
(12%)
10%
(13%)
Lawyer 2 12 6 9 29
Paralegal 2 1 1 1 5
Number of appeal hearings scheduled2
8
(11)
7
(5)
5
(1)
2
(5)
22
(22)
Lawyer 7 5 5 2 19
Paralegal 1 2 0 0 3
Number of appeal hearings completely vacated
2
(3)
1
(1)
0
(0)
0
(1)
3
(5)
Percentage of appeal hearings completely vacated
25%
(27%)
14%
(20%)
0%
(0%)
0%
(20%)
14%
(23%)
Lawyer 2 1 0 0 3
Paralegal 0 0 0 0 0
1 This includes PMC motion hearings. 2 This includes AMC motion hearings.
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Reasons for Vacated Hearings A hearing may be vacated for more than one reason. These tables show the number of times each
reason resulted in a vacated hearing. In these tables, L represents lawyers and P represents
paralegals.
Table 9 Reasons hearings were vacated per quarter.
Reasons Hearings Were Vacated Q1 (L)
Q1 (P)
Q2 (L)
Q2 (P)
Q3 (L)
Q3 (P)
Q4 (L)
Q4 (P)
Agreed Statement of Facts (ASF) concluded / expected
1 2 2
Evidence / Disclosure 1 1 2 5 1
Matter abandoned 2 1 2
Matter finished 2
Matter proceeded in writing instead 1
Matter returned to PAC 1
Matter returned to PHC / PMC 1 1
Matter stayed 2
Motion heard instead 1 1
New representative / counsel unprepared 3 3 3 2 1 1
Panel ill / unavailable 1 1
Party / representative / witness ill or unavailable 5 8 2 5 3 2
Party / representative unprepared 6 1
Party subject of other proceeding 1 1 1
Table 10 Reasons that portions of hearings were vacated per quarter.
Reasons Portions Of Hearings Were Vacated Q1 (L)
Q1 (P)
Q2 (L)
Q2 (P)
Q3 (L)
Q3 (P)
Q4 (L)
Q4 (P)
ASF concluded / expected 1 6 1 1 2
Hearing completed ahead of time estimated 1 5 4 1 1
Panel ill / unavailable 1 1
Party / representative / witness ill or unavailable 1 1 1 4
Submissions to be made 1
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Calendar Days Scheduled and Vacated The number of hearing calendar days scheduled is listed below. Multiple hearings are often
scheduled on each calendar day. A vacated calendar day is a day on which no scheduled hearings
or appearances before the PMC or AMC proceeded. The day an adjournment request is heard is not
counted as a vacated calendar day. For example, if a request to adjourn a three-day hearing was
granted on the first day, only the remaining days are counted as vacated. Or, if one hearing was
vacated, but other hearings proceeded on the same day, that day is not counted as vacated. Some
hearings and appeals were heard on the same calendar day.
Reasons for vacated calendar days are noted in Table 12.
Table 11 Number of calendar days that were scheduled and vacated in the Hearing and Appeal Divisions
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of available calendar days
62 (62) 63 (63) 64 (63) 60 (61) 249 (249)
Number of Hearing Division calendar days scheduled
51 (59) 57 (61) 52 (54) 52 (59) 212 (230)
Number of Hearing Division calendar days vacated
5 (5)
5 (2) 6 (4) 3 (8) 19 (19)
Percentage of Hearing Division calendar days vacated
10% (9%) 9% (3%) 12% (7%)
6% (14%) 9% (8%)
Number of Appeal Division calendar days scheduled
12 (13) 7 (6) 5 (5) 11 (11) 35 (35)
Number of Appeal Division calendar days vacated
1 (3) 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (1) 3 (6)
Percentage of Appeal Division calendar days vacated
8% (23%) 14% (33%) 0% (0%) 9% (9%) 9% (17%)
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Reasons For and Number of Resulting Vacated Calendar Days The first figure in each quarter’s column represents the number of times a panel accepted this
reason. The second figure represents the number of resulting vacated calendar days. The number of
calendar days vacated shown on this page may be greater than the calendar days vacated as
reported in Table 11 because more than one matter may have been scheduled to be heard on the
same day and all were vacated; so one calendar day may have been vacated for more than one
reason and for more than one matter.
Table 12 Reasons and the number of times each was accepted and resulted in vacated calendar days.
Reasons For Vacated Calendar Days Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
ASF concluded / expected 3-3 4-4 1-1 1-1
Counsel unprepared 3-3 1-1 1-1
New representative 2-2 1-1 2-3
Cross-examination of witness rescheduled 1-1
Panel ill / unavailable 2-2
Party / representative / witness unavailable or ill
1-1 1-2 1-1
Hearing completed ahead of time estimated 1-1
Matter proceeded to PHC instead 1-1
Matter abandoned 1-1
Disclosure / submission 1-1
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Parties’ Adjournment Requests The following table lists the number of adjournment requests made to the Law Society Tribunal in
each quarter. Adjournment requests reported below may relate to matters scheduled to be heard
during this quarter or in a subsequent quarter. In this table, L represents lawyers and P represents
paralegals.
Table 13 Number of adjournment requests granted and denied per quarter by the Hearing and Appeal Divisions
Adjournment Requests
Q1 (L) Q1 (P) Q2 (L) Q2 (P) Q3 (L) Q3 (P) Q4 (L) Q4 (P) Cumulative
Granted by PMC
8 (9) 1 (0) 1 (7) 2 (0) 2 (2) 1 (1) 3 (4) 1 (1) 19 (24)
Denied by PMC 3 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0) 6 (6)
Granted by Hearing Division
4 (10) 0 (3) 11 (10) 0 (0) 6 (5) 1 (1) 6 (9) 1 (3) 29 (41)
Denied by Hearing Division
1 (0) 0 (1) 3 (1) 1 (0) 1 (2) 1 (1) 1 (0) 1 (1) 9 (6)
Granted by AMC
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Denied by AMC 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Granted by Appeal Division
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Denied by Appeal Division
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
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Parties’ Position on Adjournment Requests
Lawyer Matters Table 14 Parties position on adjournment requests in lawyer matters for Q1.
Adjournment Requests On Consent Opposed Unopposed Total
Granted by PMC 1 2 3
Denied by PMC 2 2
Granted by the Hearing Division 3 3 6
Denied by the Hearing Division 1 1
Paralegal Matters Table 15 Parties position on adjournment requests in paralegal matters for Q1.
Adjournment Requests On Consent Opposed Unopposed Total
Granted by PMC 1 1
Denied by PMC
Granted by the Hearing Division 1 1
Denied by the Hearing Division 1 1
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Tribunal Reasons Produced and Published The number of reasons produced does not equal the number of reasons published because some
reasons produced in a quarter may not be published or will be published in a subsequent quarter.
Table 16 Number of oral and written reasons produced and published per quarter.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative
Number of written reasons produced
41 (42) 42 (36) 28 (31) 34 (31) 145 (140)
Lawyer 34 34 27 29 124
Paralegal 7 8 1 5 21
Number of written reasons published
41 (47) 42 (41) 28 (29) 34 (31) 145 (148)
Lawyer 34 34 27 29 124
Paralegal 7 8 1 5 21
Number of oral reasons produced
15 (13) 13 (22) 15 (19) 12 (21) 55 (75)
Lawyer 11 11 13 8 43
Paralegal 4 2 2 4 12
Number of oral reasons published
15 (10) 10 (8) 8 (12) 12 (16) 45 (46)
Lawyer 9 9 6 11 35
Paralegal 6 1 2 1 10
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