What is the penalty for a licensee who has not completely responded to a disciplinary hearing?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Hosseini, 2019 ONLSTH 99 (CanLII):
The penalty typically awarded in a summary hearing where the licensee has no discipline history and has not completely responded before the hearing is a one-month suspension and an indefinite suspension until the response is complete. In addition, where it appears the licensee will not be returning to practice, a fixed fine is ordered so there will be a punishment that affects the licensee, and a conditional fine (payable only if the response is not complete by a certain date) is ordered to give the licensee an incentive to complete the response. See Law Society of Upper Canada v. Howlett, 2017 ONLSTH 228 at para. 6.
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