Compensation fund for victims of lawyers can cover more than just financial loss: ruling
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A Divisional Court ruling in Ontario has ordered the Law Society to reconsider compensating a victim of sexual exploitation and threats by a disbarred lawyer, expanding the definition of compensable 'loss' beyond misappropriated funds to include harm to sexual integrity—a precedent the law society has never previously granted.
The decision requires the law society to reconsider the victim's request; compensation is not yet awarded.
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