As the regulatory body of lawyers in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador is authorized under the Law Society Act, 1999 to file complaints against members.
A complaint is authorized by the Complaints Authorization Committee when the Committee is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds to believe a lawyer has engaged in conduct deserving of sanction. A complaint is an unproven allegation until an adjudication tribunal makes a determination on its validity. At any hearing a settlement may be proposed.
Law Society disciplinary hearings generally take place at the Law Society office at 196-198 Water Street, St. John’s, and are open to the public. However, the adjudication tribunal has the right to make certain parts of the hearings, or even the entirety of a hearing, private at their discretion.
NOTICE OF A HEARING DATE
| Respondent: | Andrew Martin |
| Date: | 25 August 2026 |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. |
| Place: | Offices of the Law Society, 196-198 Water Street |
General Nature of the Charges:
That Andrew Martin breached the following sections of the Code of Professional Conduct:
The factual particulars of the Complaint are as follows:
That the Respondent:
i. Failed to be honest and candid with his client.
ii. Deliberately and consistently lied and intentionally misled his client with respect to the activity and status of their file.
iii. Failed to uphold respect for the administration of justice in that he repeatedly discouraged X from reporting to the police the sexual assaults she suffered at the hands of 2 schoolteachers, thereby weakening or destroying public confidence in legal institutions and authorities.
iv. Failed to provide a quality of service that was competent, timely conscientious, diligent, efficient and civil in that he did not avoid the use of drugs that interfered with or prejudiced the lawyer’s services to the client and confessed to his client that he had lied to her for years because he was addicted to cocaine.