Jasmin Dhillon

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

Family law lawyer Jasmin Dhillon entered a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement (approved December 18, 2024) admitting professional misconduct relating to trust accounting failures during 2020-2022, including failing to maintain proper records, causing 13 trust shortages, failing to report shortages over $2,500, improperly taking residual trust balances, backdating reconciliations to mislead the Law Society, and submitting false/misleading trust report answers. She agreed to a six-week suspension followed by practice under a trust supervision agreement. The tribunal noted attempts to mislead but made no express finding of dishonesty. No fine or costs were stated.

Duties found breached:

• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• No improper use of client money
• Self-report to the regulator

Aggravating factors:

• Backdating reconciliations and submitting false/misleading trust report answers in attempts to mislead the Law Society
• Multiple trust shortages including large amounts (e.g., $498,760.43)

Mitigating factors:

• Five-year call with no prior professional conduct record
• Significant family stressors as a new first-time mother and single parent
• No financial benefit or material advantage gained; no clients financially harmed
• Took significant steps to address accounting issues
• Fully cooperated, admitted misconduct and consented to suspension and trust supervision