Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024 · As enacted · Part 3 · Conduct and Discipline
16. Letter of warning for misconduct
Feedback & supportIf the Part B Director has reason to believe that a candidate has committed any misconduct, the Part B Director must, by written notice, call upon the candidate to offer an explanation or to answer any allegation against him or her, whether in writing or in person before the Part B Director, within a period of 7 days from the date specified in the notice.
The Part B Director must issue a letter of warning to the candidate if that candidate —
without reasonable cause fails to comply with the notice under paragraph (1);
admits to having committed the misconduct as alleged; or
in the opinion of the Part B Director, fails to offer a reasonable explanation or to satisfactorily answer the allegation against him or her.
Subregulation 1
If the Part B Director has reason to believe that a candidate has committed any misconduct, the Part B Director must, by written notice, call upon the candidate to offer an explanation or to answer any allegation against him or her, whether in writing or in person before the Part B Director, within a period of 7 days from the date specified in the notice.
Subregulation 2
The Part B Director must issue a letter of warning to the candidate if that candidate —
without reasonable cause fails to comply with the notice under paragraph (1);
admits to having committed the misconduct as alleged; or
in the opinion of the Part B Director, fails to offer a reasonable explanation or to satisfactorily answer the allegation against him or her.