Law Society of Upper Canada Wrongfully deprives Cancer Victim Livelihood throughout battle with Cancer
My Filipina mother Naty Bruce submitted the following text to the Hamilton Spectator in October 2013. The Hamilton Spectator did not publish the following, but only pics of Ann Bruce with one sentence.
Ann Bruce
To my daughter Ann. Courage is grace under
pressure. Be strong.
Since
2010, the Law Society of Upper Canada has demanded my daughter Ann continue in
a procedurally flawed, unjust hearing.
The Law
Society of Upper Canada persistently & unconscionably bulldozed my daughter
Ann with litigation communications & litigation documents throughout her
battle with breast cancer, attempting to drag her back into litigation despite
letters from Ann's doctors, despite her mastectomy, on-going treatments, etc.
My
daughter, with undiagnosed breast cancer, advised the Law Society panel she was
too unwell to continue—in distress. A biased,
incompetent Law Society panel rebuked my daughter throughout the hearing for
being too unwell & shockingly refused to grant her adjournments.
Ann
repeatedly requested adjournments from the Law Society's hearing in the Law
Society of Upper Canada v. Ann Bruce,and the Law Society's outrageous
Estates Application against her. The unconscionable Law Society demanded
Ann continue.
The Law
Society wrote a shockingly unprecedented letter to Ann's surgeon at Women's
College Hospital demanding that Ann's surgeon authenticate the individual in
the hospital photo and demanding the surgeon answer all their questions about
my daughter. My daughter's surgeon expressed disbelief at the Law Society's
lack of knowledge of the basic tenets of doctor-patient confidentiality. The
surgeon indicated their unwillingness to risk a medical licence for the sake of
responding to the Law Society's demands.
The Law
Society fails to comprehend the seriousness of my daughter's cancer. Such
insidious behaviour from a self-governing body brings disrepute to the
administration of justice and harms the public interest.
For
some background info, part of my affidavit is available at:
