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Working to end corrupt practices
Building on more than a decade of CBA work in the areas of anti-bribery and proceeds of crime, we advocate on behalf of the legal profession to end corrupt legal practices. Our focus? The implementation and enforcement of corruption legislation, together with how lawyers interact with the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.
Proceeds of crime
The CBA maintains that including lawyers in Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and related regulations is unconstitutional. Applying the Act’s reporting requirements for lawyers would threaten solicitor-client privilege and the independence of the bar, and would make lawyers agents of the state. The legal profession was awarded a victory on this issue before the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 2013. We await the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on appeal.
Meet the team
The CBA’s Anti-Corruption Team is comprised of members from the Business, Charities and Not-for-Profit, Competition, Criminal Justice and International Law Sections, as well as the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association. The team monitors and responds to matters involving corrupt practices and provides an educational resource centre for Canadian lawyers. Members include:
- Scott Bergman
- John Bodrug
- John Boscariol
- David Debenham
- George Derwin
- Stéphane Eljarrat
- Leah Fitzgerald
- James M. Klotz
- Paul Lalonde
- Mark Morrison
- Sean Murphy
- Michael Osborne
- Amee Sandhu
- Samuel Schwisberg
- Clifford Sosnow
- Gillian Carter - CBA Staff Lawyer