The Law Society of British Columbia acts to protect the public against individuals who hold themselves out to be lawyers when they are not.
From November 2, 2019 to February 11, 2020, the Law Society obtained written commitments from three individuals and businesses to stop engaging in unauthorized practice of law. These individuals and businesses put the public at risk by performing unregulated and uninsured legal services or misrepresenting themselves as lawyers. If they break their commitments, the Law Society may obtain a court order against them.
The Law Society also obtained three court orders prohibiting the following individuals and businesses from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.
On October 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a consent order prohibiting Mar Dolar and Global Fingerprinting Services Canada Ltd., of Vancouver, BC, from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The Law Society recovered costs of $500.
On January 9, 2020, Anant Bhatia consented to an order permanently prohibiting him from falsely representing himself as a lawyer, counsel, or in any other title that connotes that he is qualified or entitled to engage in the practice of law.
On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued an order prohibiting Jeremy Maddock of Victoria, BC from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law or from commencing, prosecuting or defending a proceeding in any court on behalf of someone else. The Law Society was awarded its costs.
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