What is the definition of misappropriation of client property by a lawyer or paralegal?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Kaminski, 2022 ONLSTH 37 (CanLII):
Misappropriation is defined in Law Society of Ontario v. Wilkins, 2021 ONLSTA 15 at para. 103 to mean “the knowing unauthorized use of client property by a lawyer or paralegal for their own purposes, on the basis that the knowledge may be actual knowledge, willful blindness or recklessness”.
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