HEARING OUTCOME : Florence Chipo Jura
Resignation Application
2020/07/06
Order of the Resignation Committee
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- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura engaged in the practice of law while suspended and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura accepted Trust funds and failed to place them in a Trust Account and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura used client Trust funds for her own personal benefit and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura failed to be candid in her communications with the Law Society and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
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- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura accepted trust funds without approval from the Law Society of Alberta to operate a trust account and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura misappropriated trust funds and/or wrongfully converted trust funds and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura knowingly assisted a disbarred lawyer to practice law and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura provided legal services without obtaining client instructions and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura failed to provide competent and conscientious legal services to her clients and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura deliberately misled or failed to be candid with the Law Society of Alberta and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura deliberately deleted evidence during an investigation by the Law Society of Alberta and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura forged her clients’ signatures on Affidavits and that such conduct is deserving of sanction;
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura filed Affidavits containing forged signatures with the Court and that such conduct is deserving of sanction; and
- It is alleged Florence Chipo Jura engaged in conduct that brought discredit to the Profession and that such conduct is deserving of sanction.