How has the Law Society of BC dealt with allegations of misappropriation of client funds?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of British Columbia v Guo, 2021 LSBC 43 (CanLII):
In Law Society of BC v. Sahota, 2018 LSBC 20, the panel found that the lawyer’s accounting practices were so inappropriate that they amounted to misappropriation of client funds. After a review, the lawyer was suspended for 90 days.
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