Is it professional misconduct to become involved in an investigation into alleged illegal activities?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gregory (Re), 2021 LSBC 34 (CanLII):
In Law Society of BC v. Elias, [1993] LSDD No. 182 at para. 44, the benchers on review held that: … where the circumstances of a proposed transaction are such that a member should reasonably be suspicious that there are illegal activities involved under Canadian law or laws of other jurisdictions, it is professional misconduct to become involved until such time as inquiries have been made to satisfy the member on an objective test that the transaction is legitimate.
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