Officially, Mr. Brady and such colleagues as David Gnam appear in court as members of the law firm W. Glen How and Associates. The citation for his bar association award said he did "pro bono" (free) work for a religious charity.
But the pair are identified on the Web site of Eugene Meehan, Q.C., a private-practice lawyer who worked with them on the Hughes case, as "in-house" counsel for that religion. Former employees of the Watchtower Society Canadian headquarters in Georgetown, called Bethel, have indicated in court documents that How and Associates is, in fact, the Jehovah's Witnesses legal department.
Shane Brady is a hypocrite for accepting the 2004 Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award and the $1,500 cash prize that went with it. He DOES NOT perform any of his services free-of-charge when he works for the Watchtower Society. And it is contrary to the facts to state that the Society is a "a religious charity."
I hope members of the Canadian Bar Association read this newspaper article and raise this issue with Brady and the Society. The award and prize money should be revoked and taken back.
The article about Brady's award is at http://www.cba.org/CBA/News/2004_Releases/2004-08-17_probono.aspx