Is there any case law where allegations against a lawyer are unfounded?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gill v. Zhang, 2017 BCSC 47 (CanLII):
At the same time, in Patriquin v. Laurentian Trust of Canada Inc., 2002 BCCA 6, a case involving unfounded allegations made against a lawyer as a party rather than as a witness, Donald J.A., for the court, said:
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