Law Society of Upper Canada Cautions Against Use of Canadian Lawyers Index

Dads and Moms, stay away from CANLAW which is operated by J.Kirby Inwood.
He masquerades as a referral service for lawyers, but he is obviously filled with contempt and does nothing but fan the flames of conflict between divorcing parents, thereby causing further harm to children.  Furthermore, he damages the reputation of hard-working lawyers with integrity.
An interesting article about J Kirby Inwood's background which should give you a precise indication of what he is all about:

"(...) In  the family violence trial that probably received the most media attention in Canada's history, Kirby Inwood received 30 days in jail after his conviction for assaulting both his Russian wife, Tatyana Sidorova, and their one-year old baby." (in The Canadian Family in Crisis, John Frederick Conway, James Lorimer & Company, p. 158)

Link to Article on website of the Law Society of Upper Canada


Notice to the Profession

Law Society Cautions Against
Use of Canadian Lawyers Index
As a lawyer, you may have recently received an invitation from CanLaw or
the Canadian Lawyer Index (“CLI”), both found online at www.canlaw.com,
to subscribe to a lawyer referral service. The Law Society strongly
recommends against subscribing to this service.
The following are facts about CanLaw and CLI that you should be aware of:
CanLaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirwood Inc., and CLI is a
division of Kirwood Inc. J. Kirby Inwood is represented to be the president
of CLI. None of CanLaw, CLI or Kirwood Inc. are associated with or
endorsed by the Law Society. And, J. Kirby Inwood is not a licensee of
the Law Society.
Since 2000, the Law Society has received numerous complaints from
lawyers and members of the public about CanLaw, CLI and J. Kirby
Inwood. The complaints relate to communications received from CanLaw,
CLI or J. Kirby Inwood which are offensive and expose the recipients
of the communications to hatred, contempt, abuse and obscenities. The
following are examples of such communications:
“You are a sick, hate male sexist bigot who is definitely trying to
restrict my freedom to express my opinion.”
“Women like you are monsters who take and take and take.”
“You are a fool and a bigot”.
“STEP [sic] TELLING US WHAT TO DO IMMEDIATELY YOUR
HIGHNESS. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU
ARROGANT, CONCEITED BITCH1 [sic]”
“WoW! Both a pig and a rat.”
“Utterly contemptible.”
“Look you pompous power made two bit flunky, we do not take orders
from the likes of you.”
In order to avoid the possibility of abusive comments such as the
foregoing, the Law Society suggests that lawyers not reply to any e-mail
or other communications from CanLaw or CLI.

A referral service that facilitates public access to lawyers’ services should
reflect credit on the administration of justice and the legal profession. The
Law Society does not believe CanLaw or CLI is such a referral service
and advises lawyers not to use the service.
Lawyers can contact the Law Society at 416-947-3315.