NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL ANNUAL MEETING OF

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NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL ANNUAL MEETING OF
The Middlesex Law Association
80 DUNDAS STREET WEST
LONDON, ON N6A 6A1
FAX: (519) 672-5917
NOTICE OF THE 2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
THE MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION
The MLA is pleased to announce that Kathy Burns and Paula Puddy of Client Intel will be our
guest speakers this year. They will report on the results of this region’s 2015 Practice
Management survey conducted earlier this year including recommendations arising from the
survey. Attendees will earn CPD credits for attending the presentation. This program contains
.75 Professionalism Hour(s). This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of
Professionalism Content by The Law Society of Upper Canada.
Take notice that the annual meeting of the Members of the Middlesex Law Association (the
“MLA”) will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at the Courthouse, 80
Dundas Street, London for the following purposes:
(i)
Approval of the Minutes of the 2014 Annual General Meeting held on February 27,
2014,
(ii)
confirming the appointment of six (6) members to the Board of Trustees of the MLA
for a two year term by election. Please see accompanying proxy for the nominees;
(iii)
receiving the audited financial statements of the MLA for the period ended December
31, 2014;
(iv)
appointing the auditor of the MLA for the 2015 fiscal year;
(v)
authorizing the Board of Trustees to fix the auditor’s remuneration;
(vi)
transacting such further or other business as may properly come before the meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
Dated at London, Ontario, this 4th day of February, 2015.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
Lianne Armstrong, President
Notes
1. Voting for the 2015/2016 MLA Board of Trustees will take place in the library from 4:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. before the Annual General Meeting. Members may vote in person, or
any person may act as proxy by being duly authorized to do so in writing which
authorization must be filed at the Library by faxing, mailing or hand-delivering the proxy
form to be received no later than 2:00 p.m. on February 26, 2015.
MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION
FORM OF PROXY - APPOINTMENT OF THE AUDITOR AND REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITOR
The undersigned member of the Middlesex Law Association (the “MLA”) hereby appoints Lianne
Armstrong, President of the MLA, or in her absence, Lindsay Kirk, Vice-President of the MLA, or instead
of them or any of them,
as the proxy nominee of the undersigned to attend,
vote and act for and on behalf of the undersigned at the annual meeting of the Members of the MLA to be
held on Thursday, February 26, 2015, and any adjournment or adjournments thereof, to the same extent
and with the same power as if the undersigned were present at the said meeting or any adjournment or
adjournments thereof, and without limiting the generality of the authorization and power given hereby, the
said nominee is specifically directed to vote as follows in the name of the undersigned:
(a)
(b)
( ) FOR or ( ) AGAINST or ( ) WITHHOLD FROM VOTING ON the appointment of
NPT LLP as auditor for the 2015 fiscal year;
( ) FOR or ( ) AGAINST or ( ) WITHHOLD FROM VOTING ON the authorization of
the Board of Trustees to fix the remuneration for the auditor.
If no choice is specified, the proxy holder shall vote in his or her discretion.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the MLA. This proxy, when properly
executed, confers discretionary authority with respect to amendments or variations to matters identified in
the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Members, as well as to the other matters that may
properly come before the Annual Meeting. The Trustees know of no such matters.
DATED this ______ day of February, 2015.
Signature of Member
Name of Member (please print)
NOTE: To be valid, all proxies must be delivered by fax, mail or hand delivery and received by the MLA
Library no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2015.
MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION
FORM OF PROXY RE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned member of The Middlesex Law Association hereby appoints:
a)
( )
Lianne Armstrong, President of the Middlesex Law Association, or her
designate; OR
b)
( )
_____________________________________________
(print or type name of proxy holder if this choice is made)
as the nominee of the undersigned to attend and act for on behalf of the undersigned at
the annual meeting of members of The Middlesex Law Association to be held on
Thursday, February 26, 2015, to the same extent and with the same power as if the
undersigned were present at the said meeting; provided, however, the proxy holder
named above is specifically directed in respect of the election of Trustees to vote in the
name of the undersigned as specified below.
(You may vote for up to 6 people)

Lakin Afolabi
Lakin Afolabi

Edward C. Corrigan
Edward C. Corrigan

Lindsay Kirk
Harrison Pensa LLP

Robert B. Ledgley
Lerners LLP

Daniel R. Mailer
Cram & Associates

Christina Martin
Foster, Townsend, Graham & Associates LLP

Erin Rankin Nash
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP

Linda M. Smits
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP

Joyce Thomas
Lerners LLP

Susan Toth
Polishuk Camman & Steele

Kenneth Vigeant
Kenneth Vigeant
Dated this _______ day of February, 2015.
_____________________________
(signature of member)
_____________________________
(name of member) Please Print