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MALIK ATTEMPTED TO MISLEAD COURT lead the Supreme Court of B.C. by fil- ing expenses against the assets of his father Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing, in order to make a Rowbotham applica- tion. The LSBC decision comes six years after Jaspreet testified at the hearing. The LSBC made several allegations A but a hearing panel did not uphold them all. A central issue in the professional misconduct allegation was that Jaspreet participated in a "scheme or design to misrepresent" that indicated others might have been involved. The panel — David Renwick, Warren Wilson, with Gordon Turriff, concurring — maintained it did not have to show this was part of a scheme involving others but merely mis- conduct by Jaspreet. Jaspreet was called to the bar in 2001 and became part of the defence team after his father and Ajaib Singh Bagri were charged in the bombing. Lawyer Kevin Woodall was retained to negoti- ate the Rowbotham application for the senior Malik. His position was all bona fide liabilities, including the loans from a family member and deferred wages of his children, plus costs of liquidating assets and taxes payable on assets should be con- sidered against Ripudaman's assets. Ripudaman, a millionaire with two companies — Papillon Eastern Imports Ltd. and Khalsa Developments Ltd. with a hotel venture — claimed the legal costs had exhausted his net worth. However, in a special hearing in late 2003, Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein denied the request saying he could still fund his case and his family, including Jaspreet, and had col- luded to reduce his deemed assets. The LSBC hearing panel found Jaspreet had filed a claim of unpaid wages for managerial work done at a hotel after his father was charged. However, earlier patterns of payment indicated the children were not paid for their work at Khalsa Developments but received benefits such as RRSPs, vehicles, and free room and Law Society of British Columbia inquiry has found lawyer Jaspreet Singh Malik attempted to mis- board. When working at Papillon, their father reinvested the children's pay back into the company as shareholder loans. It found Jaspreet was "an officer of the court" and "in this case a witness" and "he had a duty to ensure that the court was not mislead by anything that he said as a lawyer or a witness." The LSBC ruled just because there was no proof Jaspreet's actions were part of a scheme, plan, or design, it "would be wrong for us to excuse him." While there is a finding of professional misconduct, the penalty has not been decided. — JS [net-wurk-span-shun] Noun: the process of expanding one's professional network by drawing on the strong relationships established by RainMaker Group throughout the legal community Origin: 2004, Lepofsky, A./RainMaker Group, North American professional legal recruitment services Related: introceptional RainMaker Group invented the personalized approach to legal recruitment, complete with a language all its own. You'll be surprised how clearly it speaks to your needs. We make placements that last. Speak with us first. RainMaker Group 110 Yonge Street, Suite 1101 Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4 Tel: 416-863-9543 Fax: 416-863-9757 Adam Lepofsky: adaml@rainmakergroup.ca Coreen Lawton: coreenl@rainmakergroup.ca Danya Cohen: danyac@rainmakergroup.ca www.rainmakergroup.ca Untitled-3 1 www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com NO VEMBER / DECEMBER 2009 13 10/29/09 2:59:40 PM