To Canada now, where questions are being asked after the Law Society of Ontario handed its chief executive a whopping 50% salary increase – then promptly removed her when the matter blew up in the media.
Diana Miles was reported to have had her pay increased from just under $600,000 to $900,000 (roughly £500,000), with an additional lump sum of $226,000 (£122,000) for a pension adjustment.
The rise was approved last April but the LSO’s governing body was not made aware until November. It then emerged that the self-regulating professional body had based its decision on data from industries and companies far bigger than the LSO.
The pay rise opened deeper wounds about the society’s governance structure and a retired senior judge was drafted in to conduct an independent review.
That review has yet to be published, but the fallout is already in full swing. On Wednesday, the LSO issued a brief statement confirming that Miles was ‘no longer employed with the Law Society of Ontario’ before thanking her for her seven-year stint. What exactly has gone on would appear to be the (almost) million dollar question.
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