What is the appropriate penalty for a breach of the Law Society of Upper Canada?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Siddiqi, 2017 ONLSTH 92 (CanLII):
The parties jointly submit that the appropriate penalty is a reprimand. I accept this joint submission. I do not consider this submission to be truly unreasonable or “unconscionable” Law Society of Upper Canada v. Cooper, 2009 ONLSAP 7 at paras. 18-19.
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