Law Society of British Columbia v Mangat

Law Society of British Columbia v Mangat [2001] 3 S.C.R. 113, 2001 SCC 67 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that a non-lawyer may be given the power to practice law under a federal statute even if it is contrary to provincial legal profession legislation. == Background == The respondent, Jaswant Mangat, was an immigration consultant carrying on his work through an immigration consulting company ("Westcoast").

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