Ontario-based Saron Gebresellassi broke rules by opening office in Campbell River, petition to court alleges
A lawyer who has represented the owner of a Prince George nightclub in a fight over two pandemic-era tickets is at odds with the Law Society of B.C.
Under a national mobility agreement, lawyers licensed in one province are allowed to temporarily practice in another, provided they meet certain conditions, the petition further states. Among them is to refrain from establishing an "economic nexus" in B.C. and Gebresellassi appeared to have broke that proviso by opening an office in Campbell River.
Under the agreement, so-called "visiting lawyers" from a reciprocating province can practice for up to 100 days in B.C. each year. For all other out-of-province lawyer, the limits are 20 days and no more than 10 cases. Gebresellassi does not address the matter of the office in Campbell River directly but does argue that in accordance with the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, the B.C. Labour Mobility Act take supremacy over the B.C. Legal Profession Act.
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