Lee Scott Tupper

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Lee Scott Tupper, a BC lawyer called in 1977 practising in securities and corporate law, admitted professional misconduct under a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement. Between January 2019 and June 2020 he disbursed $61,463.23 from his firm's trust account for a corporate client in circumstances where he had not provided legal services in relation to the disbursements, an improper use of the trust account. Although the disbursements were not suspicious or inappropriate, using the trust account without providing related legal services constituted misconduct. He agreed to a two-week suspension. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Mitigating factors:

• No prior professional conduct record
• Disbursements not made in suspicious circumstances and no suggestion of inappropriate corporate use of funds
• Entered into consent agreement and admitted misconduct