Decision record
Konrad Malik
Allegation / charges
Rule 4-29 Admission of Conduct and Undertaking to Discipline Committee | Summary
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Konrad Malik, a BC lawyer whose practice focused on securities and corporate law for junior issuers, admitted professional misconduct under Rule 4-29 for failing to make reasonable inquiries or exercise due diligence regarding the legitimacy of client G Inc.'s business between October 2011 and May 2012. He prepared and filed US securities documents effecting a change of control and share transfer without confirming instructions directly with the company's listed directors/officers. The Discipline Committee accepted his proposal including a nine-month undertaking not to practise law (commencing March 31, 2020) and related restrictions. No express finding of dishonesty. The admission is recorded on his professional conduct record.
Duties found breached:
- No conflict between current clients
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- No improper solicitation or touting
Mitigating factors:
- Resides overseas
- Has not been an active Law Society member for seven years
- Willingness to make admissions
- No prior disciplinary record
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_suspension_months=9"]