Is a lawyer who failed to adequately represent his client entitled to a three-month suspension?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Francesco Puchiele, 2011 ONLSHP 73 (CanLII):
In Law Society of Upper Canada v. Spodek, [1996] L.S.D.D. No. 176, the lawyer failed to adequately represent his client. The hearing panel accepted a joint submission that a three-month suspension be served by way of penalty. That precedent is inapplicable.
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