High-profile Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant has been disciplined by the Law Society of Saskatchewan for alleged inappropriate conduct involving a "threatening" letter pressuring a residential school survivor to use her settlement money to pay unrelated legal bills. Merchant and his law group led the class action lawsuit against the federal government, which led to compensation for residential school survivors in 2005. The Law Society of Saskatchewan became aware of the case through Crawford Class Actions, an organization appointed to monitor the settlement process. Past cases of disciplineMerchant has been disciplined by the law society before. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upheld a finding that Merchant's aggressive recruitment of residential school victims reflected poorly on his profession.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2020 19:41 UTC