What constitutes professional misconduct for breach of a court order?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Ontario v. Chijindu, 2020 ONLSTA 19 (CanLII):
The Appeal Division has previously concluded that, in general, breach of a court order will constitute professional misconduct but that is not invariably so: Law Society of Upper Canada v. Carey, 2018 ONLSTA 4 at paras. 35 and 36.
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