A Corner Brook lawyer has been disbarred from the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Kenneth Ledrew was found in violation of a number of areas, including failure to report a criminal charge and failure to cooperate with the Law Society.
Ledrew has to pay a fine of over $5,600 and was ordered not to practice law in this province until further notice.
It’s not the first run-in with a law society.
Ledrew was fighting with the Law Society of Alberta, where he was practicing out of Medicine Hat.
Like in Newfoundland and Labrador, he was alleged to have an inappropriate tone with the Law Society of Alberta, but this time because of failure to pay fees to the society.
He was also cited for “failing to perform all functions competently.”
He was subsequently disbarred from practicing in Alberta less than a year ago, and has been ordered to pay the society there $40,000.
Violations found in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Failure to cooperate with a practice management review.
- Failure to cooperate with the Law Society.
- Failure to respond to communications from the Law Society.
- Sending correspondence to the Law Society that was abusive, offensive or otherwise inconsistent with the proper tone of a professional communication from a lawyer.
- Failure to report a judgement to the Law Society.
- Failure to self-report a criminal charge.
Violations found in Alberta
- Engaging in conduct that brings discredit to the profession.
- Failing to provide legal services to the standard of a competent lawyer, including failing to perform all functions competently, conscientiously, diligently and in a timely manner.
- Communicating in a manner inconsistent with the proper tone of a professional communication from a lawyer.
- Failing to respond promptly and completely to communications from the Law Society.
- Failing to be candid with the Law Society.
