Greenspan told an appeal tribunal Wednesday morning that the Law Society of Ontario’s professional misconduct finding against Diamond was “unreasonable” because the only evidence that exists is evidence of a misunderstanding. The Law Society had been investigating Diamond and other members of his firm Diamond & Diamond since late 2016. Over many months, law society investigators made several attempts to get information about financial transactions relating to referral fees, according to documents filed by the law society lawyer as part of Wednesday’s appeal. Diamond was then charged by the law society with failing to cooperate with its investigation. Diamond & Diamond has since told the Star it has a growing roster of in-house lawyers to handle cases.

Source: thestar March 30, 2018 01:24 UTC