Does the Law Society have the onus on proving the alleged facts on a balance of probabilities?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Straith (Re), 2020 LSBC 11 (CanLII):
It is well established that the Law Society bears the onus of proving the alleged facts on a balance of probabilities and that the alleged conduct amounts to, in this case, professional misconduct: Law Society of BC v. Golden, 2018 LSBC 38, at para. 23.
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