Can a lawyer be found to have dated an affidavit six weeks later than it was actually sworn?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perrick (Re), 2014 LSBC 3 (CanLII):
In Law Society of BC v. Foo, [1997] LSDD No. 197, the respondent dated an affidavit six weeks later than it was actually sworn. In a separate matter he also witnessed a client swearing two affidavits purporting to attach exhibits when the exhibits were not attached at the time. The respondent was found to have committed professional misconduct.
In Law Society of BC v. Addison, 2007 LSBC 12, the respondent was found to have committed professional misconduct by misleading opposing counsel by including a witness, who he knew was dead, in his list of witnesses.
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