The Law Society of British Columbia Tribunal has ruled that the proceedings against one of the society’s lawyers will be closed to the public, contrary to the lawyer’s wishes and despite the fact that the society’s hearings are normally open to the public and media.
Tribunal adjudicator Lindsay LeBlanc issued the ruling on May 13, a day after the tribunal held a pre-hearing meeting at which the Law Society of B.C. applied to have the May 16–18 hearing against Vancouver lawyer Carey Linde shielded from public view.
Linde is facing internal discipline for allegedly breaking a publication ban while representing a father in a case concerning an underaged transgendered teen. The father, referred to as “CD,” himself was jailed on contempt of court charges in 2021 for speaking to media about his opposition to his female-born child’s testosterone treatments to change to the opposite gender.
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