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

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?

• 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• Have you been refused or withdrawn a license because of a breach of good character?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