News Release
November 27, 2020

The Law Society of British Columbia acts to protect the public against individuals who hold themselves out to be lawyers when they are not, and from those who provide legal services to the public when they are not authorized to do so.

From June 23 to November 26, 2020, the Law Society obtained three written commitments from individuals and businesses to cease engaging in unauthorized practice of law. These individuals and businesses put the public at risk by performing unregulated and uninsured legal services or by misrepresenting themselves as lawyers. If they break their commitments, the Law Society may obtain a court order against them.

The Law Society also obtained two court orders prohibiting the following individuals and businesses from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.

On July 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a consent order permanently prohibiting Dennis Pieschel, of Delta, BC, and his business D & K Direct Management Services Inc., from engaging in the practice of law for a fee.

On August 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a consent order permanently prohibiting Li Xin Cheng, aka Clint Cheng and Princemountain Transnational Services Inc., of Richmond, BC from engaging in the practice of law for a fee and from representing themselves as being lawyers, a law firm, a law corporation or any other title that connotes they are entitled to engage in the practice of law. The Law Society was also awarded costs in the amount of $1,870.33.

To read the order, search by name in the Law Society’s database of unauthorized practitioners.

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For further information contact:

Vinnie Yuen
Communications Officer
604.697.5836
vyuen@lsbc.org