Scenario 1. Mr. A calls your office and speaks to your legal assistant about aHighway Traffic Act (HTA)matter. The trial is scheduled for next Wednesday. Your assistant takes down Mr. A's name, telephone number, and very basic information about the matter, such as the offenses Mr. A is charged with and the trial date. Your assistant also requested Mr. A's email address which he did not provide.

Your assistanttells Mr. A that you will call him.Later the same day, you call Mr. A back on the phone number provided. He does not answer the phone, and he does not have voicemail.

On Wednesday morning, you receive a phone call from Mr. A. He is at court. "Where are you?" he says. "Today's the trial. Your secretary said you'd be here."

a. Are you required to represent Mr. A at the trial of theHighway Traffic Actmatter?

Scenario 2. You are contacted by Mrs. Q. She wants you to represent her 15-year-old son, P, in a Small Claims Court action for a slip and fall. You have never acted for Mrs. Q or P before.

a. What should you do?

Scenario 3. Your client is a small private corporation specializing in property management of multi-unit residential buildings, owned by a husband and wife. You handle their Landlord and Tenant Board matters. You have always taken instructions from the wife, but the husband has become more active in the business and recently has begun instructing you as well. His management style is very different from his wife's, and sometimes the instructions he gives you are different from those you have already received from his wife.

a. What should you do?