Lawyer (Tony Merchant) investigated (for letters he wrote soliciting residential school litigants).Regina Regina (rĭjī`nə), city (1991 pop. 179,178), provincial capital, S Sask., Canada, on Wascana Creek. The city is the distribution and service center for one of the world's largest wheat-growing areas. lawyer Tony Merchant has been investigated by the provincial law society over two letters he wrote soliciting residential school litigants. The Merchant Law Firm is handling as many as two-thirds of the 6,000 suits launched by former residential school students against the federal government and the churches that were involved in running residential schools. The Law Society of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan, province, Canada Saskatchewan (səskăch`əwən, –wän', săs'–), province (2001 pop. 978,933), 251,700 sq mi (651,903 sq km), W Canada. is expected to report on its investigation by the end of November November: see month. . The letters were sent to two former residential school students in Saskatchewan in the fall of 1998. The three counts against Mr. Merchant allege To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a Pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation. allege v. : that one of the letters was likely to create "an unjustified expectation about the results;" that the two letters were "reasonably capable of misleading the intended recipient;" and that the lawyer undertook marketing activity which was "undignified, in bad taste or otherwise offensive." Mr. Merchant did not attend the proceedings but his lawyer, Gord Kuski, denied that the letters were misleading or that they overstepped permissible per·mis·si·ble adj. Permitted; allowable: permissible tax deductions; permissible behavior in school. per·mis marketing rules. |
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