The Law Society of Alberta (LSA) will sanction former solicitor general and justice minister Jonathan Denis after a code of conduct committee found that he breached the code in two cases he worked on in his private law practice.
According to the Sept. 6 decision, the first case was a motor vehicle crash from 2020.
Denis was initially retained by one of the involved drivers and her father, who owned the vehicle.
He also later agreed to represent the passenger in the vehicle, who was injured in the crash.
When he found that there were “serious liability issues” with the driver’s claim, he opted not to continue representing her, the decision said.
A week later, he filed a lawsuit against the driver and her father on behalf of the passenger.
Denis’ lawyer argued he only realized in hindsight that there had been a technical breach of the code of conduct …