Law360 Canada ( September 9, 2019, 9:40 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the plaintiffs from an order striking out their statement of claim against the respondent Law Society as disclosing no reasonable cause of action. The appellants complained that their former lawyer negligently represented them in a lawsuit. The appellants’ action was premised on the Law Society’s alleged practice of requiring or permitting lawyers facing potential negligence claims to provide a copy of the relevant client file to Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company to allow it to evaluate and address the anticipated professional indemnity claim. The appellants argued that this practice gave rise to breach of confidence, confidentiality, trust, privacy and solicitor-client privilege and conversion and trespass to chattels against the Law Society. The motion judge found that s. 9 of the Law Society Act conferred upon the Law Society a statutory immunity from claims for damages for actions taken in good faith pursuant to its statutory mandate to regulate the legal profession or the provision of legal services. The motion judge found that the appellants’ pleadings did not include any claim of bad faith against the Law Society, and therefore struck out the pleadings as disclosing no reasonable cause of action, without leave to amend....