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Marjorie Hickey and Practising With Conviction — Part II: The Admissions the Society Should Have Made
Marjorie Hickey, Lyle Howe and the racism-related admissions a Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Hearing Panel said should have been made.
Victoria Rees and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society: The Public Record
Explore Victoria Rees’s role in the Lyle Howe disciplinary investigation, redacted cross-examination transcripts, and the disputed issues raised in the public record.
Victoria Rees Cross-Examination: Redacted Transcripts and Reading Guide
Read redacted Victoria Rees cross-examination transcript excerpts from the Lyle Howe disciplinary hearing, with a page-numbered guide to key testimony.
Victoria Rees’s Cross-Examination in the Lyle Howe Hearing: What the Record Actually Shows
An examination of Victoria Rees’s 2015 cross-examination in the Lyle Howe case: complaint handling, investigative discretion, and the limits of the evidence.
Marjorie Hickey, McInnes Cooper and the Lyle Howe Proceedings: “Practising With Conviction” Revisited
A public-record examination of Marjorie Hickey’s role in the Lyle Howe disciplinary proceedings, later institutional acknowledgements of systemic discrimination, and the unresolved human-rights process.
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