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Lisa Shore died in October 1998 at the Hospital for Sick Children, at the age of 10. In 2000, a coroner's inquest jury found that Lisa's death was a homicide. In 2001, Lisa's two nurses were charged with criminal negligence causing death, but the charges were withdrawn in 2003. In 2005, Lisa's nurses were found guilty of professional misconduct by their nursing licensing body. Lisa's mother, Sharon Shore, wrote a book about these events, describing how the hospital and its lawyers tried to cover up what had happened. When that failed, they tried instead to portray Sharon as an obsessed fanatic. As a result of the experiences described in her book, Sharon entered Osgoode Hall Law School in September 2002 as a mature student. She was called to the bar in September 2006 and is now practicing law at a downtown Toronto litigation boutique. Newspaper articles Expert reports and other nursing documents Inquest jury's homicide finding and recommendations

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In December 2005, after Sharon had graduated from Law School and had written the bar admission exams, she worked at a law firm to complete the mandatory 10 months of articles. Once she completed articling, she would be called to the bar and admitted to the Law Society as a lawyer.

Before this could happen, the two lawyers who had represented Lisa's nurses, Marlys Edwardh and Elizabeth McIntyre, made a complaint about Sharon to the Law Society of Upper Canada (the governing body of lawyers in Ontario). They told the Law Society that Sharon was unfit to practice, was of bad character, and that she should not be admitted to the bar.

Although there was a long history of animosity between these lawyers and Sharon (they had previously - unsuccessfully - tried to shut down this website, prevent the sale of her book, and have criminal charges laid against her), these lawyers told the Law Society that their complaint was not personally motivated, but was being brought solely as a result of their obligations as lawyers to report those whom they believed to be unsuitable for membership.

Because these lawyers were and are prominent members of the legal community, the Law Society took the complaints very seriously, and commenced an investigation into Sharon's alleged misconduct. The Law Society ordered Sharon to a hearing. It alleged that she was not of good character and should not be admitted to the bar.

The hearing was held over 5 days in August 2006. On the last day, August 18, 2006, the hearing panel found that Sharon was a person who throughout her entire adult life was possessed of the "highest integrity, candour, empathy, and honesty", that she was of good character, and that she should be admitted to the bar. Sharon was admitted to the bar in September 2006 and has been practicing as a lawyer ever since.

On June 28, 2007, the Law Society of Upper Canada was ordered to pay Sharon $91,500 (on a substantial indemnity basis) to compensate her for her legal costs. The hearing panel found that the hearing had been completely unwarranted right from the start, and that the Law Society had evidence in hand that showed Sharon was of good character in March 2006, back when she first answered the complaint that had been made against her.

On August 1, 2007, the Law Society appealed the decision by its Hearing Panel to award Sharon costs. The appeal was heard on November 6, 2007, but the appeal panel has not yet made its decision.

NEW: The June 28, 2007 decision awarding Sharon $91,500.00 legal costs
The August 17, 2006 decision that Sharon should be admitted to the bar
The newspaper reports of the hearing

The book and this website are dedicated to Lisa’s memory.

Sharon Shore, November 25, 2007