What is the penalty for a failure to respond citation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Payne (Re), 2010 LSBC 28 (CanLII):
A one-week suspension was imposed in Law Society of BC v. Hall, (supra), but in that case the respondent was subject to another disciplinary proceeding in which the facts and verdict decision was published 17 days prior to the initial letter that resulted in the failure to respond citation, which was an aggravating factor.
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