How has the law society of BC dealt with allegations of neglect, misconduct and breach of the Rules of conduct in the real estate practice of a junior lawyer?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sahota (Re), 2018 LSBC 20 (CanLII):
Law Society of BC v. Sarai, 2005 LSBC 17 (CanLII), [2005] LSDD No. 126, involved a junior lawyer (two- year call). The lawyer performed well on non-real property files. However, his conduct in his real estate practice was described by the hearing panel, at para. 33 as “bizarre in the extreme”. The hearing panel found, at para. 13: …there are more than 150 separate instances of either neglect, misconduct, breach of Rules, or breach of undertaking in respect of this Respondent’s conduct of the real estate practice … The lawyer was suspended for one year.
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