What is the effect of a conditional admission of professional misconduct by a lawyer to a disciplinary hearing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bronstein (Re), 2021 LSBC 19 (CanLII):
The parties urge us to recognize an additional benefit as arising from the Respondent’s conditional admission of professional misconduct, namely, that it obviates the need for any vulnerable persons to testify about sensitive topics at a contested hearing, in the event that some of his former clients change their mind and agree to appear as witnesses at the hearing. The parties say that a case from Ontario provides a cautionary example in this regard: Law Society of Upper Canada v. Keshen, 2017 ONLSTH 90.
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