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Before you act, you must obtain written approval from your Agent Supervisor in order to:

counsel

  • have more than one Agent appear before the same court at the same time [6.13]
  • have new personnel work on a file [3.5]
  • use an articling student, student-at-law, or paralegal [6.14; 10.2]

costs and disbursements

  • carry out legal research exceeding one hour on a file [10.6]
  • incur a disbursement expenditure of over $500 [10.8]
  • claim fees in excess of the 10-hour daily limit [10.5]
  • take any step in respect to a witness, if significant witness costs are anticipated [10.9]
  • incur expert-witness costs, escort costs or any other extraordinary costs [10.9]
  • incur costs for ordering a transcript [10.8.5]
  • incur travel costs for travel outside the designated judicial district [10.7; 10.8.7]

appeals

  • launch or discontinue an appeal [6.8]

authority to act

  • continue to work when the court orders a change of venue outside your designated judicial district [6.2]

the media

  • initiate contact with the media [8.4]

You need to notify the Agent Supervisor immediately when:

authority to act

  • an enforcement agency or federal government department refers a case to you involving a judicial district or statute not set out in Appendix A of your Agreement [6.1.1]
  • you are assigned a case where there are only Criminal Code charges [6.1.3]
  • your case is waived to another location or transferred to another Agent [6.4]
  • you must transfer the file to another Agent [6.5]
  • you are asked to provide training to enforcement agencies [6.1.5]

significant legal issues

  • there are significant legal issues [6.6.3]

confidential information

  • information falls, or might fall, within the protection of sections 37 to 39 of the Canada Evidence Act [6.9.2]

appeals

  • a decision is appealed and the federal Crown is the respondent [6.8]
  • you believe that an appeal by the federal Crown is warranted [6.8]

information requests

  • a law enforcement agency or a federal government department requests a legal opinion on an access to information matter [6.15.1]
  • there is a request for records or information under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act [6.15.2]
  • members of the media request information other than the date of trial or similar routine matters [8.2]

conflict of interest

  • as an Agent, you have conduct of one or several cases at the time of your Agreement that may fall within the ambit of the conflict of interest provisions [2.5]
  • you have doubts about accepting or continuing a file because of conflict of interest considerations [2.4]
  • you are challenging the constitutionality of a provision of the Criminal Code or another federal legislation [2.3]
  • you are in a situation in which there is or there may appear to be a conflict of interest with the Director of Public Prosecutions and/or Attorney General of Canada [2.4]
  • you acquire an interest that would result or appear to result in a conflict of interest [2.1]

personal situation

  • you are subject to a criminal charge, legal action, or personal or professional bankruptcy or insolvency; you are in default of a court order or decision; or you are subject to a disciplinary hearing or complaint before the law society or Bar [1.6]

official language requirements

  • you cannot provide services and communication in the official language as required [6.10.2]

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Date Modified:
2010-08-18