Ravneet Singh Rakhra

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Ravneet Singh Rakhra, a junior lawyer, admitted professional misconduct for emailing his client's brother/translator written answers to six interviewer questions during a Service Canada immigration interview on February 12, 2019, failing to act honourably and with integrity contrary to rule 2.2-1. Under a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement approved June 20, 2023, he agreed to a $5,000 fine and five hours of CLE in professional ethics. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Mitigating factors:

• Only nine months called to the bar at time of conduct
• Admitted misconduct and expressed remorse and embarrassment
• Challenging articling experience with little mentorship or guidance
• Now practices at a different firm with mentorship
• No prior professional conduct record