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    B.C. Law Society Orders Vancouver Lawyer John Briner Disbarred For Misappropriating $50,000

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Dec, 2015 12:22 PM
      VANCOUVER — A Vancouver lawyer has been ordered disbarred after a Law Society of B.C. investigation found professional misconduct.
       
      The society says John Briner misappropriated trust funds of more than $50,000, breached trust accounting rules and failed to co-operate with its investigation.
       
      It says a discipline hearing panel found Briner used one client's trust funds to cover an overdraft in another client's trust account in December 2012.
       
      The society says Briner gained a clear advantage.
       
      It also says he offered no evidence to support his position that the misappropriation was a simple mistake.
       
      The society sets standards of professional responsibility for lawyers in B.C. and upholds the regulations through a complaints and discipline process.
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