Canadian Legal Regulator Sues Exam Prep Company Over Leak of Bar Exam Content

The regulator in Canada’s major province has sued an examination prep enterprise for allegedly giving both equally queries and answers to the provincial bar examination to purchasers enrolled in its classes.

The Regulation Modern society of Ontario (LSO) commenced a civil motion Monday against NCA Test Expert and its principal Aamer Chaudry in the Ontario Superior Courtroom of Justice. Chaudry is a previous licensing applicant but is not a licensed law firm or paralegal in the province, in accordance to the assertion of assert.

The LSO, which licenses and regulates legal professionals and paralegals in Canada’s biggest province, is searching for unspecified financial damages for breach of confidence, conspiracy, inducing breach of deal, and copyright infringement, in addition CA$100,000 in punitive and aggravated damages. It is also in search of a return of the assessment information from the defendants and an injunction prohibiting its additional use and distribution.

“As regulator, we will choose robust motion versus alleged wrongdoers,” stated Diana Miles, the Regulation Society’s chief government officer. “This motion also serves as a reminder to candidates of their obligations and obligations all over evaluation carry out, and the require to be on guard in opposition to any third get-togethers who may possibly be organizing activities to facilitate cheating on licensing examinations.”

The LSO is represented by Nader Hasan, Fredrick Schumann and Alexandra Heine of the extremely regarded litigation boutique Stockwoods.

“The defendants were being, at all instances, conscious that their carry out would harm the LSO. Their carry out was higher-handed, dishonest, oppressive, harsh, vindicative, reprehensible, destructive, and in disregard of the integrity of the LSO and the lawful job,” stated the statement of declare.

Just days before 11,000-as well as candidates were being to generate the bar exam in early March, the LSO abruptly canceled both equally its barrister and solicitor examinations citing a leak of test inquiries. It employed exterior investigators to glimpse into the breach.

 While the licensing examinations had gone on the net in June 2020 owing to COVID, the LSO mentioned rescheduled spring exams and many others heading ahead would be held only in man or woman.

The assertion of claim also reported a quantity of candidates utilised the so-termed “cheating documents” from NCA Exam Expert for examinations in November 2021 and it believes the defendants “have engaged in comparable conduct in relation to other LSO licensing examinations” and will continue to examine.

Some candidates who wrote before tests are obtaining their phone calls to the bar held pending the outcome of these investigations, which a law culture spokesperson suggests are also ongoing.