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address is: North Shore News, 4139 Lonadale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. ~ V7M 2H4, ;

Dear Editor:

Your Decefnber: oth, 1979" :

* issue. has a “report that the B.C. Law: Society » now

permits lawyers to advertise

fees charged. Your ‘reporter. states that have *: retained: . Stranglehold in the. control of what their © ‘nembers* ad- vertise by adding two conditions to the motion.”

First allow me ‘to deal with the use of. the .word “stranglehold.” You. imply that the Benchers should not control. what .is advertised. This amounts ‘to suggesting to the B.C. Law Society that it should so conduct itself as to be in contempt of Court as the B.C.. Supreme Court

ruled-in April in the case of .

lawyer, Donald Jabour, that the Law Society has “not only the authority, but also the duty to ensure thal any advertising by a lawyer does not depart from the standard

set by the Benchers in matters of competence, honesty, integrity and in quality, nor bring the profession into disrepute.”

In response to —.the Supreme Court's decision,

the Law Society has drafted advertising rulings which are

not limited to the “two conditions” which = are mentioned by your reporter, but also contain the

following condition: “that advertising must: (a) be accurate and in-

capable of misleading the public,

(b) be dignified and capable of bringing profession into disrepute;

not the

m: and, : statements of fees must set *

“the Benchers. p the ir:

. “stranglehold” but rather a

Granted h :

On behalf of * my husband,

a ‘myself and. our: friends:‘who °. live’ out of town; would like | ‘to expréss-our appreciation

to those people who van- ‘dalized. the mailbox at the corner of Williams Ave. and i6th Street in North Van- couver.

This ~ pointless

act of

~ malicious vandalism resulted.

“too; that advertised ©

out the fees in a. precise”:

‘Manner and all members of

the adyertising «firm ‘must

handle the: business at the ~

advertised price.”. . : . . .

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>

Surely the kinds © of controls which the Benchers have established as I have Outlined are not a

response to and compliance with the Suprefne Court decision and, further,

in an area which has been

ripe witha in the past. One final point about lawyers’ fees should be

. made. There is no mystery

about legal fees. They are available in. the great majority, -of cases upon request either in person or by telephone. It is a mystery to me how advertising will assist th he public in choosing a lawyer any more than it would assist them = in choosing a doctor who advertises an appendectomy at $75.00 instead of $200.00. In any event, the Law Society operates the widely advertised Legal Referral Service through = which. anyone can be referred to and consult a lawyer for $5 00 for the first half hour.

This is dramatically less than...

the first half hour con- sultation fee advertised by both Mr. James and Mr. Jabour.

KH. Priecbe. North Vancouver

NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARDS ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

REMINDER

ALL CLASSES recommence the week of

January 7

For further information please call 985-8741

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an-, attempt to protect the public °

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, North ‘Vancouver

bh rendered. practically" “utrecognizable. Discounting, the hours it took * Vancouver seeni to derive a us to write them and the cost sadistic aes easur brings of mailing - them, it has,

_ t resulted in many of our out- Pleasure others. of-town friends not receiving their. usual Christmas

Mrs. L.S. Sanderson — greeting: from us..

North Vancouver

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