Ravneet Singh Rakhra

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

Ravneet Singh Rakhra, a junior lawyer called in May 2018, entered into a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement approved on June 20, 2023. He admitted that on February 12, 2019, during a client's telephone interview with a Service Canada program officer for an immigration application, he emailed the client's brother/translator written answers to six of the interviewer's questions, failing to act honourably and with integrity contrary to rule 2.2-1, constituting professional misconduct. He agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and complete five hours of continuing legal education in professional ethics. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Mitigating factors:

• Only nine months since call to the bar at the time of the conduct
• Admitted the conduct and expressed remorse and embarrassment
• Challenging articling experience with little mentorship or guidance
• Reflected on conduct and committed to preventing recurrence
• Now practices at a different firm with guidance and mentorship
• No prior professional conduct record