Month: April 2015
“Resilience: Facing Life’s Challenges With Courage and Conviction” by Homewood Human Solutions
A lawyer that is low on resilience is thin-skinned, defensive, and easily wounded by criticism. Even small things, such as a client or a lawyer not returning his call, will offend him. The quote above is from LAWPRO’s recent post on resilience as a part of the lawyer personality. That post explains that resilience is… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceRisky VTB mortgage transactions in Barrie and Collingwood [LAWPRO Alert #2]
This is the text of an alert sent by LAWPRO to all Ontario lawyers on April 29, 2015. LAWPRO is warning Ontario real estate lawyers to be on the alert for risky vendor takeback mortgage transactions, some of which may be closing this week. There is a significant potential claims risk for lawyers involved in… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateCommercial debt collection scam using the names Maverick Wan and Wan Import & Export
Three Ontario firms have notified us that they received an email from the purported Maverick Wan of Wan Import & Export looking to retain them with regards to a commercial debt collection. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Debt Collection FraudSeparation agreement scam using the name Kei Masa
An Ontario firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Kei Masa looking to retain them with regards to a collecting overdue payments resulting from a separation agreement. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will be… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Divorce Settlement FraudNew practicePRO resource: Wills & estates malpractice claims fact sheet
With such a large amount of claims prevention information availalable in LAWPRO Magazine articles and practicePRO resources, we had the idea to create simple fact sheets that CPD providers and others could use in developing their program material for specific areas of law. The latest in our series of “malpractice claims fact sheets” covers wills… Read More »
Categories: Wills & EstatesRisky VTB mortgage transactions in Collingwood and Barrie
This is the text of an alert sent to real estate lawyers in the Barrie and Collingwood areas on April 24, 2015. An updated alert was sent to all lawyers on April 29, 2015. Thanks to calls from lawyers and an email warning sent by one of the county law associations, LAWPRO has become aware… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateInside the Lawyer’s Mind Part 5: Resilience
The last trait we look at in this series is resilience. A lawyer high in resilience is receptive to criticism and feedback and is not defensive. He is less likely to take criticism personally and is better at focusing on accomplishing the task at hand. If he suffers a loss or is rejected, he will… Read More »
Categories: Risk Management Strategies, Career Management, Law Practice ManagementBusiness loan collection scam using the name Michael Kapoor
Nine Ontario firms, one US firm and one Aruba firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Michael Kapoor looking to retain them with regards to a breach of a business loan agreement. This is a classic bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Business Loan Fraud