ON Solicitor Exam Practice Questions - Ontario Solicitor Licensing Examination Exam - ON Solicitor Exam Practice Questions - Ontario Solicitor Licensing Examination Exam

Question 1

A lawyer acting for both the buyer and the seller on a residential resale in Ontario discovers, mid-transaction, that the seller failed to disclose a known latent defect that materially affects value. The interests of the two clients are now in direct conflict. Under the Rules of Professional Conduct, what must the lawyer do?

Withdraw from acting for both clients on the matter, subject to limited steps to protect confidential information Continue to act for the buyer only, because the buyer retained the lawyer first Disclose the seller's confidential information to the buyer to ensure full and fair disclosure Continue acting for both clients provided both sign a joint-retainer consent at closing

Correct Answer:

Withdraw from acting for both clients on the matter, subject to limited steps to protect confidential information

Question 2

A solicitor receives $25,000 in cash from a new client to fund a real estate closing. Under the Law Society of Ontario's cash transaction limits in the Rules of Professional Conduct, what is the lawyer permitted to do?

Accept the full $25,000 in cash because it relates to a real estate transaction Refuse to accept $7,500 or more in cash in respect of any one client matter, subject to limited exceptions Accept the cash only if the client signs a source-of-funds declaration Accept any amount of cash provided it is deposited into the mixed trust account the same day

Correct Answer:

Refuse to accept $7,500 or more in cash in respect of any one client matter, subject to limited exceptions

Question 3

Before acting on a real estate transaction in Ontario, a solicitor must comply with the Law Society's client identification and verification requirements. When a lawyer engages in or instructs the receipt, payment or transfer of funds, which step is required?

Only basic client identification, because verification is optional for individuals Verification only of corporate clients, not individuals Both client identification and verification of the client's identity using independent source documents A credit check on the client through a Canadian credit bureau

Correct Answer:

Both client identification and verification of the client's identity using independent source documents

Question 4

A solicitor is asked by a long-standing corporate client to prepare a will for the company's controlling shareholder, who is elderly and whose adult child (also a client of the firm) will be the principal beneficiary. The solicitor has never met the shareholder. What is the solicitor's primary professional obligation?

Take instructions from the adult child because the child is a current client of the firm Decline to prepare any will for a person referred by a family member Prepare the will as instructed and have the testator sign without an interview Meet privately with the testator to confirm capacity and that the instructions are free of undue influence

Correct Answer:

Meet privately with the testator to confirm capacity and that the instructions are free of undue influence

Question 5

In Ontario, most land has been converted to the electronic Land Titles system administered through Teraview. What is the principal legal advantage of the Land Titles system over the older Registry system for a purchaser's solicitor?

Title is guaranteed by the state, so a 40-year historical title search is generally unnecessary It eliminates the need to obtain title insurance on any transaction It allows the purchaser to take title free of all municipal property taxes It removes the requirement to register a transfer to perfect the buyer's interest

Correct Answer:

Title is guaranteed by the state, so a 40-year historical title search is generally unnecessary

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