What's New

Convocation has passed additions to Rule 13 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. As of January 1, 2024, notices that affect the openness of a Tribunal case will be posted to the Tribunal’s website, on the Case Documents page. These notices will also be emailed to interested members of the media. To be added to the media list that receives copies of these notices, please email ijohnson@lstribunal.ca.

Check out the Tribunal’s new Guide for Self-Represented Litigants! We’ve also updated our Guide to Attending a Hearing and our Guide for Witnesses.

In order to better reflect our independence from the Law Society of Ontario, the Law Society Tribunal has updated our email addresses. Tribunal email addresses now end in @lstribunal.ca instead of @lso.ca. Emails to previous Tribunal addresses will be automatically forwarded to the intended recipient.

We are pleased to advise that the Law Society Tribunal’s 2022 Annual Report is now posted on our website.

We are pleased to advise that the Law Society Tribunal’s 2021 Annual Report is now posted on our website.

The Tribunal has a new guide to appeals proceedings! Check it out here.

The Tribunal’s Notice to the Professions and the Public regarding operations during COVID-19 has been updated; the date through which we will not be holding in-person hearings has been extended.

Please join us in welcoming to the Law Society Tribunal five newly-appointed lay adjudicators. Each was appointed by Convocation on May 27, 2021, and will serve a two-year term as Tribunal members. Click the names below to learn more about our new lay adjudicators.

• Laura Arndt
• Ingrid Berkeley
• Suzanne Clément
• Randi Druzin
• Michelle Richards

We are pleased to advise that the Law Society Tribunal’s 2020 Annual Report is now posted on our website.

The Tribunal Committee is proposing amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure. The proposed amendments build on the learnings of the last year and prepare the Tribunal for continuing operations post-pandemic. The committee is accepting comments on the proposed amendments until May 30, 2021. For more information see full report.