What is the difference between a breach of the Professional Conduct Rules and professional misconduct?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perrick (Re), 2014 LSBC 3 (CanLII):
In Law Society of BC v. Lyons, 2008 LSBC 9 (CanLII), the panel in considering the distinction between a breach of the Rules and professional misconduct, found:
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