Can a lawyer be found guilty of misappropriation by the Law Society of Upper Canada's discipline committee?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Adams, 2017 ONLSTH 102 (CanLII):
In Law Society of Upper Canada v. Mikitchook, [1998] L.S.D.D. No. 29, October 3, 1997, the discipline committee relied on a definition of misappropriation that says: Misappropriation is ‘any unauthorized use…of clients’ funds entrusted to [a lawyer], including not only stealing, but also unauthorized temporary use for the lawyer’s own purpose, whether or not he derives any personal gain or benefit therefrom…
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