Canadian lawyer and Senator under investigation for overbilling - big time!


Is "legal ethics" an oxymoron"?


Liberal Senator Mobina Jaffer is under investigation by the Law Society of British Columbia for allegedly overbilling one of her legal clients, including charging for 30 hours of work in a single day…

Brad Daisley, a spokesman for the law society, said it opened the ethics investigation because “lawyers have a duty of honesty and integrity.”

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate, whose B.C. headquarters are based in New Westminster, fired Jaffer and her son, Azool Jaffer-Jeraj, three years ago after receiving bills of $6.7 million dollars. They had hired the Jaffers to defend them against dozens of claims of abuse in residential schools…

CBC News has obtained forensic accounting reports filed during the lawsuit showing that Jaffer, on one occasion, billed 30 hours on a single day. Twenty-seven of those hours were for “finalizing accounts” — which means preparing bills.

I’ve been fortunate enough to know a couple of lawyers who had “honesty and integrity”.

The rest are in politics.

Thanks, Cinaedh mac Ailpin

Posted: Tue - January 22, 2008 at 07:37 AM