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If I answer yes to any of the good character questions, what supporting documents do I need to provide?

The following is a list of documents that will help the Law Society consider your application with respect to any affirmative answer to one or more of the good character questions.

This list is offered as a guide only and you should contact Michelle Haigh to discuss the best way to respond when answering affirmative to one or more of the good character questions.

Questions about good morals

Supporting documents

  • Have you ever been convicted or sentenced for an offense under any law?
  • Are you currently the subject of a criminal prosecution?
  • A certified copy of the following documents:
    • The police information form, indictment or other charging document (usually available from the clerk of the court where your case was heard)
    • Any provisional release form, promise to appear, surety bond, if applicable.
  • All judgments, orders and reasons for decision rendered by the Court (available from the clerk of the court where your case was heard)
  • Disclosure (evidence provided by the prosecution in accordance with its obligations), if available
  • Police reports, if available
  • Pre-sentence report or pre-sentence report, if applicable
  • Pardons, if necessary
  • Criminal record check
  • Has a judgment been rendered against you for a fraud offence?
  • Are there any outstanding civil judgments against you?
  • Did you disobey a court order to do or refrain from doing something?
Pleadings, including:

  • Declaration
  • Defense
  • Questioned
  • Counterclaim
  • Complaint
  • All judgments, orders and reasons for decision rendered by the court, including orders for costs
  • Have you ever been fired from a job where the employer alleged a motive?
  • Termination letter or dismissal documents from your employer
  • Record of Employment (ROE) issued by Service Canada
  • Any investigation report or other report prepared by or for your employer in relation to your conduct, if any
  • Have you been suspended, expelled, reprimanded or disciplined by a professional order of which you were a member?
  • Have you been refused or withdrawn a license because of a breach of good character?
  • Have you ever been refused admission as an applicant or member of a professional body?
  • Certificate of competence from the professional order
  • Complaint, if any
  • Disciplinary decision, if any
  • Notice of suspension, disqualification, reprimand or other disciplinary action
  • Decision to refuse or revoke permit
  • Decision to refuse admission
  • While attending a post-secondary institution, were you ever the subject of any allegations of misconduct, or were you ever suspended or expelled from or penalized by a post-secondary institution for misconduct?
  • Complaint, if any
  • Decision to suspend, expel or penalize you
  • Notice of Decision to Suspend, Expel or Penalize You
  • Certificate of Academic Achievement (official document obtained from the registrar of the educational institution stating the misconduct or penalty)
  • Are you currently the subject of a bankruptcy petition or assignment, or proposal to creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act , or have you ever been a (e) bankrupt or an insolvent person, under any law?
  • Opinion of the “trustee in bankruptcy”
  • Notice of release
  • Conditional release, if applicable
  • Have you ever been disciplined by an employer, or been a respondent in proceedings, for a human rights violation?
  • Any investigation report or other report prepared by or for your employer relating to your conduct, if any.
  • Any warning letter, letter of conduct or memorandum on file setting out the circumstances of the disciplinary action.
  • All pleadings relating to human rights proceedings (such as request, response and reply)
  • All judgments, orders and reasons for decision rendered by a court relating to your conduct.
  • Signed consent to allow employer or former employer to provide disciplinary or procedural documents directly to the Law Society
  • Have you ever been disciplined or imposed a penalty by a court, tribunal or regulatory body?
  • All pleadings (declaration, defence, motions, responses and replies)
  • All judgments, orders and reasons for decision by the court or regulatory body
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