A Lawyer whose licence has been suspended after representing his wife in Small Claims Court will be allowed to run in the upcoming bencher election.

Mississauga sole practitioner David Grant Isaac is permitted to run under the law society’s rules, despite having his licence temporarily suspended after he submitted his candidacy, said Susan Tonkin, the LSO’s communications advisor, in an email statement.

A licensee’s licence can’t be suspended at the time of signing the nomination form for bencher candidate, according to the governing bylaw, but Tonkin said Isaac signed his nomination form prior to his suspension and submitted it by the close of nominations.