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Please assist me in answering these paralegal ethics questions in Ontario for review purposes 4. With regard to client confidentiality - (5 marks) a. What

Please assist me in answering these paralegal ethics questions in Ontario for review purposes

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4. With regard to client confidentiality - (5 marks) a. What is the historic basis for the duty of confidentiality? b. What is the difference between express and implied consent to disclose confidential information? Given an example of each type. c. How long does the duty last after a client terminates the retainer? Does it make a difference if the paralegal is the one who terminates the retainer? 5. Yosi is a licensed paralegal. Nine days into a criminal trial that was estimated to take four days, Yosi's financial retainer has been exhausted. Yosi's client advises him that she won't pay any more legal fees since she thinks the delay is Yosi's fault for conducting such long cross-examinations. The client then confides to Yosi that in spite of her consistent denials of wrongdoing, the allegations supporting the charges are substantially true. Yosi is concerned about whether to continue to act. Identify and discuss the issues raised by these facts. What can or should Yosi do? Please list the rules you're relying on in your answer. (5 marks) 6. What is professional liability insurance for paralegals? Include in your answer: a. what does it cover, b. what doesn't it cover, c. where do you get it, and d. when must you have it in place? (4 marks) 7. What is a Gladue report? Include in your answer: a. what level of Court decided the original Gladue case? b. what kind of case was it (Family, Small Claims, Employment, Criminal, etc.?) c. who is responsible for obtaining a Gladue report? d. how does a Gladue report assist the Judge? e. what social problem are Gladue reports supposed to help solve

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