Donald Alexander Boyd

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

Donald A. Boyd, a BC sole practitioner, was found to have committed two breaches of the Law Society Rules following a 2017 compliance audit: (1) failing in 2010 to notify the Executive Director of an unsatisfied Federal Court income tax judgment (originally $119,467.38, reassessed to ~$60,000, satisfied in 2014) and his proposal to satisfy it, contrary to Rule 3-44 (now 3-50); and (2) keeping more than $300 of his own funds in his pooled trust account on four client files between December 2015 and December 2016, contrary to Rule 3-60(5). He admitted both breaches under Rule 4-29. No dishonesty was found. The matter was resolved by his undertaking to complete 15 additional CPD credits including the Practice Management course, with admissions recorded on his conduct record.

Duties found breached:

• No improper use of client money
• Not mislead the court

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent was unfamiliar with the relevant rules at the time
• Cooperated and admitted misconduct
• Changed his practice to comply with the rules
• No client harm or loss