How have the courts in BC dealt with allegations that a lawyer improperly used his position to entrust confidence in a fraudulent scheme?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McCandless (Re), 2010 LSBC 3 (CanLII):
The above logic is supported by the decision of Law Society of BC v. Bohun, [2003] LSBC 8. In that case a lawyer allowed himself to be used to engender confidence amongst lenders in a fraudulent scheme.
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