New Decisions : Law Society Hearing Panel

failure to co-operate — suspension — licensee s misconduct — set out in s e-mail — unco-operativeness

books — paralegal — records — misconduct — van der

transfers — estate — e-mails his siblings — trust — account

suspension — penalty — panel — fresh evidence — licence

penalty — unwitting dupe — one-month suspension — misconduct — willful blindness

failure to co-operate — client — deleted transactions — ledger — responses

failing — respond — licence — co-operate — one-month suspension

misconduct — failed to respond — complaints — co-operate with an investigation — paralegal

panel — paralegal — separation agreement — good character — lawyer

request to admit — misconduct — client — subrule — administratively suspended

administrative process — absent exceptional circumstances — judicial — abuse of process — particulars

good character — counts of unauthorized practice — misconduct — licensed paralegals — panel

prejudice — evidence — delay — stay — investors

purchase — deposit — mortgage — lenders — reverse-engineered

powers of attorney — panel — paralegal — acted without integrity — long-term care facility

lender — real estate — misconduct — transactions — clients

investigation — co-operate — engaged in professional misconduct — letter — licensee

civility — prosecutorial misconduct — defence — conduct — lawyer

panel — licence to practise — misconduct — penalty — respect

beneficiaries — conduct unbecoming — loan — estate trustee — loans

Law Society of Upper Canada v. Robert Geoffrey Peter Newbury, 2012 ONLSHP 75 (CanLII)