. Petrykowski v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada
In Petrykowski v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada (Ont Divisional Ct, 2025) the Divisional Court dismissed a JR against the Federation of Law Societies of Canada ('FLSC'), here against a dismissal of an HRTO application involving a FLSC foreign (UK) law degree accreditation decision:
[2] The Applicant was born in Poland and immigrated to Canada. He obtained a law degree from a United Kingdom university through an online self-study program. The Applicant then applied to the respondent’s National Committee on Accreditation (“NCA”) for an assessment of his legal credentials. The NCA is responsible for assessing the foreign legal education credentials of applicants to law societies in Canadian common law jurisdictions.
[3] Since the Applicant’s law degree was obtained solely through online self-study, the NCA informed him that he would have to complete two further years of full-time, in class instruction before he could be accredited.
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