Victoria lawyer suspended for negligence by Law Society Tribunal
Rosario Canteno Di Bella to serve a four-month suspension beginning Jan. 1
Dec. 15, 2021
A hearing panel of the Law Society Tribunal ordered that Rosario Canteno Di Bella, a Victoria-based lawyer, be suspended four months following his professional misconduct in relation to a client.
The decision, announced in a news release on Dec. 15, will see the suspension begin on Jan. 1.
Rosario Canteno Di Bella to serve a four-month suspension beginning Jan. 1
Dec. 15, 2021
A hearing panel of the Law Society Tribunal ordered that Rosario Canteno Di Bella, a Victoria-based lawyer, be suspended four months following his professional misconduct in relation to a client.
The decision, announced in a news release on Dec. 15, will see the suspension begin on Jan. 1.
The panel found that Di Bella committed several instances of negligence, including that he did not provide the quality of service expected of a lawyer when he neglected to attend to matters within a reasonable time frame, he failed to keep his client informed, missed deadlines set out in a court order, did not answer requests for information from the client and failed to answer communications with his client promptly.
The four-month suspension takes into account the serious nature of Di Bella’s misconduct and his overall record; a conduct review, a practice standards referral, a practice limitation, a previous citation and three administrative suspensions – two of which were in effect when the latest decision was announced.