Notice of Suspension

TO: All Active Members and Students-at-Law
All Executive Directors of all Law Societies in Canada
All Clerks of the Courts of the Northwest Territories

IN THE MATTER of the Legal Profession Act, R.S.N.T. 1988, c. L-2

AND IN THE MATTER of discipline proceedings conducted under Part III of the Legal Profession Act, R.S.N.T. 1988, c. L-2, to examine the conduct of JOHN RHYNES, Barrister and Solicitor, and member of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories.

TAKE NOTICE THAT, on October 1, 2008, a Committee of Inquiry of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories found

John Rhynes (Charlottetown, PE)

guilty of Professional Misconduct on nine (9) counts.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT following submissions with respect to sanction before the Committee of Inquiry on Thursday, January 22, 2009, JOHN RHYNES is suspended effective immediately for four (4) months and costs of $50,000.00 have been awarded payable in monthly installments commencing on July 1st, 2009.


This online notice is a reproduction of the official notice posted on 2009-01-22 and signed by Linda Whitford. The original, signed notice is available at the office of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife, NT).