What is the penalty for an administrative suspension?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Greenhill, 2021 ONLSTH 13 (CanLII):
The typical penalty in cases where there is an administrative suspension at the time of the hearing is an indefinite suspension starting immediately and running concurrently with the administrative suspension, followed by a one-month suspension that starts once the complete response has been received and all other current or pending suspensions have been served: Law Society of Ontario v. Jones-Bedard, 2020 ONLSTH 85 at paras. 13-14.
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