What is the legal test for professional misconduct based on conflicts of interest?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Straith (Re), 2020 LSBC 11 (CanLII):
The hearing panel’s decision on sanction in Law Society of BC v. Coglon, 2006 LSBC 14, at para. 9, (“Coglon disciplinary action”) makes it clear that a finding of professional misconduct based on conflicts of interest is supported even if no loss occurs because the concern is the “possibility of injury.”
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