Surrey lawyer Amandeep C. Singh has agreed to a two-month suspension for professional misconduct, commencing on December 2, 2024.
Singh admitted in a consent agreement that between 2013 and 2020, he deposited client funds directly into the firm’s general account in payment of legal fees (20 instances totaling $47,990) or withdrew funds from trust in payment of legal fees (27 instances totaling $47,699.40), without first preparing and/or immediately delivering a bill to the clients. Singh had performed sufficient work to earn the fees. Singh also admitted that, in the same time period and in 121 instances, he created or caused to be created client invoices that were not a true representation of an invoice but an accounting, and that had the potential to mislead the Law Society. Singh issued or allowed to be issued four invoices that set out inaccurate and misleading trust transactions. Finally, between approximately December 2017 and May 2020, Singh was in non-compliance with trust accounting rules in 59 instances.
In accepting the consent agreement, the Law Society took into consideration an Agreed Statement of Facts, a letter from Singh to the Chair of the Discipline Committee and his professional conduct record, which includes a prior citation involving similar conduct, three conduct reviews, restrictions on practice in the form of two undertakings, and Practice Standards Recommendations. The Law Society also noted that Singh’s conduct was not intentional, but the result of overlooking his responsibilities during a confluence of significant medical issues and stressful professional circumstances.
For more information, read the consent agreement summary.
