Disclosure of Contracts for Legal Services (French, HTML)

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2019-08-26

On March 23, 2004, the Government announced a new policy on the mandatory publication of contracts over $10,000. At the time, certain types of contracts were excluded from the proactive disclosure requirements, chief among these being contracts for legal services. TBS has revised the Treasury Board Guidelines on the Proactive Disclosure of Contracts to remove the exemption for contracts for legal services. Under the current guidelines, the only contracts exempted from proactive disclosure obligations are those where disclosure of information would compromise criminal investigations, national security, negotiations or public safety. This Website provides information on legal agents appointed by the Minister of Justice and the related contracts for legal services issued by the Department of Justice. The general policy of the Department is that legal services within the department's statutory mandate should be handled by departmental counsel. The Department recognizes, however, that there are instances when such services may or should be outsourced to legal agents. The Department of Justice's Policy on Contracting for Legal Services and Legal Agent Appointments sets out the…

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