Lawyer suspended after representing husband and wife in same case
The Law Society of BC has suspended a Surrey lawyer for five months, for committing professional misconduct by representing a man, and later his wife, in the same family law litigation.
The Law Society’s Tribunal Hearing panel has also ordered lawyer Pir Indar Paul Singh Sahota to pay the society almost $16,000 in costs and disbursements, saying his conflict of interest was obvious and “clearly cost the wife and husband wasted money, time, and emotional energy. “
“The Respondent’s actions in this case, taken individually and holistically, are frankly startling, especially for someone with his length of call,” the panel…
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