Can a failure to pay a practice debt constitute professional misconduct?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jackson (Re), 2008 LSBC 28 (CanLII):
Counsel for the Law Society referred to the decision of Law Society of BC v. Evans, 2000 LSBC 20, as an example where a panel determined that a failure to pay a practice debt constitutes professional misconduct.
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