Can a lawyer be disciplined under section 38(4)(b)(ii) of the BC Attorney General's Regulations Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Clarke (Re), 2021 LSBC 39 (CanLII):
Section 38(4)(b)(ii) of the Act gives the Law Society the authority to discipline a lawyer for “conduct unbecoming the profession” (Law Society of BC v. Suntok, 2005 LSBC 29, at para. 15).
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