Glen Cameron Tedham
Vancouver, BC
Called to the bar: August 21, 2015
Ceased membership: January 1, 2019
Admission and undertaking accepted: January 30, 2020
Counsel: Robert Cooper, QC and Heather Doi for the Law Society; Wally Oppal, QC for Glen Cameron Tedham
AGREED FACTS
Glen Cameron Tedham committed professional misconduct in relation to his work with 10 clients. He misappropriated trust funds (from clients and/or a firm) in nine matters, with amounts ranging from $2,000 to more than $50,000.
He knowingly made false or misleading representations, including billing a client for work he had not done, fabricating a client’ s email address and an email from a client, and taking his brother’ s financial information without his knowledge or consent.
He failed to account to his firm for his receipt and disbursement of retainer funds from clients. He breached trust accounting rules and deposited money into a personal account before billing the client. He submitted loan applications on behalf of his clients without their knowledge and falsely represented that he was the client.
On multiple occasions, he engaged in the practice of law while suspended, and asked for further retainers from his clients while suspended.
ADMISSION AND UNDERTAKING
Tedham admitted that he committed professional misconduct, as detailed above. In accepting Tedham’ s admissions and undertakings, the Discipline Committee considered evidence of his significant health conditions from a medical expert, as well as his professional conduct record which includes limitations in his articles and in practice.
Tedham was administratively suspended from the practice of law on February 9, 2018 for failure to produce requested documents and information during the course of the investigation. Since January 1, 2019, he has been a former member of the Law Society as his membership lapsed due to non-payment of fees.
Tedham agreed to undertake for 12 years, commencing on February 3, 2020:
Should Tedham wish to apply for reinstatement to the Law Society when his undertaking expires in 2032, he will have to satisfy the Law Society’ s Credentials Committee that he is of sufficiently good character and repute to practise law in BC.