SPEECH OF GORON TURIFF Q.C. AND PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH COMLUMBIA BAR OF CANADA

Speech by Gordon Turriff, President, Law Society of British Columbia, at the Conference of Regulatory Officers, Perth, Australia, in September 2009 Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:56am
This publication is used with permission from the Law Society of British Columbia. The Law Society of British Columbia’s President, Gordon Turriff, QC, shared his thoughts on self-governance of the legal profession as a necessary condition of lawyer independence in many forums and venues during the 125th anniversary year of the Law Society of British Columbia.
The address reproduced here, entitled “Self-Governance as a Necessary Condition of Constitutionally Mandated Lawyer Independence in British Columbia” , was presented at the Conference of Regulatory Officers in Perth, Australia.
 Introduction
 My wife and I have three children. In May this year, our younger daughter was a volunteer in Uganda. When she returned home, she brought with her an English language Ugandan newspaper. There, under the road traffic news, was an advertisement placed by an organisation called the African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims. It read: “Are you a victim of torture by security agents or rebels?” What an astonishing thing to see in 2009 in a newspaper from any country. And particularly a country which is another former British colony. But there it was. As if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.
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UNITY PARTY WA WROTE TO LPCCC ETC ABOUT GORDON TURRIFF Q.C. VISIT TO PERTH IN SEPTEMBER, 2009

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From: Nicholas N Chin Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:15 AM 
Subject: Re: GORDON TURRIFF ARTICLE -SCOFFING AT WA REGULATOR FOR NOT ABIDING BY THE RULE OF LAW IN DISCIPLINING LAWYHERS 
To: Unity WA He came to Perth on 17th September, 2009 
Eddie. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Unity WA wrote: 
Mr. Christian Porter, 
WA Attorney General Minister.
Porter@dpc.wa.gov.au 
 Dear Attorney General, 
 We refer to the attachment above and comment below for your information. As a law officer of the WA State Government, would you like to comment, please? 
 We look forward to hearing from you in the not too distant future. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 Eddie Hwang
 President 
Unity Party WA 
unitywa@westnet.com.au 
http://twitter.com/unitypartywa 
http://unitypartywa.blogspot.com/ www.unitywa.org 
Phone/Fax: 61893681884 
Date: 05-Dec-2011. 
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From: Nicholas N Chin
To: Legal Profession Complaints Committee , 
info@justice.wa.gov.au, "associate.justice.murray" , 
k.loh@sso.wa.gov.au, 
 Unity Party WA , 
 "minister.porter" , 
info@ccc.wa.gov.au, 
piccc@piccc.wa.gov.au, 
 mail@ombudsman.wa.gov.au 
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 1) The Legal Profession Complaints Committee of Western Australia 
Atten: Mr. R I FLETCHER 
2) The Associate to Judge Sharp 
Ms, C Campbell of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia, 
3) The Associate to Justice Murray in respect of the reserved decision in CIV 1689 of 2011,
4) The State Solicitor of WA in respect of the reserved decision in CIV 1689 of 2011 for the attention of Ms. K. Loh. 
5) The President of Unity Party WA Mr, Eddie Hwang; 
6) The Attorney General of WA, 
the Honourable Minister Christian Porter; 
7) The Corruption Crime Commissioner of WA Mr. MackNay; 
8) The Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption Crime Commissioner; 
9) The State Ombudsman of WA; 


Dear Sirs 
I have just discovered that the President of the British Columbia GORDON TURRIFF QC came to Perth in November, 2011 and he made a findings that the regulators of lawyers in Australia is substandard in that they did not abide by the principle of the Rule of Law. 
 The consequence is that lawyers in Australia is less efficient than they should be. 
 I therefore do express the hope that members of the judiciary in Perth including SAT do rectify this anomalous situation. 
The article can be obtained at the Malaysian Bar Council website as indicated below. 
 If you need a copy of this article, please let me know. 
Cheers 
NICHOLAS N CHIN 
Phone: +6065529459 or Mobile: +60129037779
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From: Nicholas N Chin Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:33 PM 
Subject: Re: PRESIDENT OF LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA GORDON TURRIFF QC VIEW ON THE REGULATOR OF LEGAL PROFESSION IN AUSTRALIA. CIV 1689 OF 2011
 To: "associate.justice.murray" , 
k.loh@sso.wa.gov.au 
The Attorney General of WA 
Unity Party President' 


Dear Sirs 


SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT ABOUT LAW REFORM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA SO THAT LAWYERS CAN PRESERVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AS A LEGAL PROFESSIONAL TO PROMOTE THE