In what circumstances have the Law Society of BC found a lawyer to have committed professional misconduct in 14 different instances?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tak (Re), 2014 LSBC 27 (CanLII):
In Law Society of BC v. Goddard, 2007 LSBC 46, the respondent lawyer was found to have committed professional misconduct in 14 different instances, including three different instances of failing to respond to another lawyer. At paragraphs 24 and 25 the panel commented:
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