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By Aaron Schulze

Disbarred

Kamloops lawyer disbarred after multiple suspensions

Mar 27, 2024 | 9:50 AM

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops lawyer who was serving an eight-month suspension has been disbarred.

In a news release issued Wednesday (March 27) morning, the Law Society of B.C. (LSBC) announced Nickolaus Harold MacDonald Weiser no longer has the right to practice law.

Previously, he was suspended in July 2023 after a LSBC hearing panel found he was practicing law while under a previous suspension, then he was suspended again in February after the society found he acted in a conflict of interest by acting for both sides in loan transactions.

In its latest decision, a LSBC hearing panel states that disbarment is the only appropriate sanction that effectively safeguards the public.

“This Panel finds that the public would not be adequately protected by a suspension order or other conditions on practise,” the decision states. “Even though the Respondent is a former member, disbarment is still necessary as it is consistent with the sanction that the Panel would have imposed had the Respondent continued to be a practising lawyer and maintains public confidence in the regulation of lawyers who have committed professional misconduct.”

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Additionally, the panel orders Weiser to pay $16,668.75 within 30 days.

The full decision can be found here.