Is it essential for lawyers to respond to communications from the Law Society of BC?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ben-Oliel (Re), 2016 LSBC 40 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Law Society of BC v. Hall, 2003 LSBC 11, at para. 2, the panel stated: ... it is essential for lawyers to respond to Law Society communications. Otherwise the Society cannot effectively discharge its responsibility of protecting the public interest in the administration of justice. It is simple: lawyers neither have the freedom not to respond nor the freedom to respond according to a schedule that suits them. They certainly cannot put their heads in the sand, as the Respondent said he did.
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