Many questions come to mind when the spectre of multidisciplinary practices is raised.
This article is intended to highlight the emergence of multidisciplinary practices as a trend both internationally and domestically and to raise some of the issues that The Law Society will have to address. The Ancillary Business and Multidisciplinary Practice Committee has devoted a significant amount of time to conducting research into MDPs and the approaches being considered within Canada and in other jurisdictions. The Committee solicits input from the membership. A multidisciplinary practice is a business arrangement in which individuals with different professional qualifications practice together in partnership and combine their different skills in providing advice and counsel to the consumers of their services. The international accounting firms have been quite active since the late 1980's promoting multidisciplinary practices.