CANADA
Vancouver Sun
By KIM PEMBERTON, Vancouver Sun
April 30, 2012
A Calgary law firm with 4,100 clients seeking compensation for abuse in residential schools is taking too long to register some of their claims, a court-ordered investigation has found.
The investigation found Blott and Company has not yet registered about 1,400 of the claims, even though a government-imposed deadline to do so before September of 2012 is looming.
The findings of the three-month long investigation, made public Monday in B.C. Supreme Court, included a recommendation that Blott and Company no longer be able to represent clients under the Independent Assessment Process for Indian residential schools survivors seeking settlement packages from the government.
The investigation also found that in some cases, Blott and Company claimants were charged “criminal interest rates” of 20 to 60 per cent for loans in anticipation of the compensation awards.
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