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Reporting conduct that raises a substantial question as to the honesty, trustworthiness, or competency of a lawyer

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In brief: While lawyers are always at liberty to make a good faith complaint about another lawyer, there are some situations in which a lawyers have a duty to report another lawyer (or themselves) to the Law Society. Check out the resources below to learn more, and feel welcome to contact a Practice Advisor with questions.

Key Resources

Code - Duty to report conduct that raises a substantial question as to the honesty, trustworthiness, or competency of a lawyer: BC Code rule 7.1-3(e).

Code - Competence: BC Code rule 3.1-2.

Code - Honesty and candour: BC Code rule 3.2-2.

Code - Dishonesty, fraud by client: BC Code rule 3.2-7

Code - Dishonesty, fraud when client is an organization: BC Code rule 3.2-8

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