What is the methodology used to determine penalty reasons under the Legal Profession Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Suntok (Re), 2005 LSBC 29 (CanLII):
The touchstone case on penalty, is LSBC v. Ogilvie Penalty Reasons [1999] LSBC 17. This Panel finds that the methodology described in Ogilvie encompasses considerations for disciplinary dispositions which should be applied in the instant case. Ogilvie sets out a non-exhaustive but thorough list of the factors that can be taken into account in imposing penalty under the Legal Profession Act.
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