What are the consequences of a criminal conviction for a lawyer who falsely billed a client for services not rendered?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Ross, 2021 ONLSTH 21 (CanLII):
The criminal conviction is conclusive as to the respondent’s blameworthiness. As held in Law Society of Ontario v. Dadepo, 2019 ONLSTH 133 and other recent tribunal jurisprudence, falsely billing a client for services not rendered and thereby breaching the client’s trust gives rise to a presumptive penalty of revocation.
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