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Tapishar Sher Singh (born 1949) is a former lawyer who was disbarred in 2007 by the Law Society of Upper Canada. [1]
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Tapishar Sher Singh (born 1949) is a former lawyer who was disbarred in 2007 by the Law Society of Upper Canada. [1]
Singh was born in Patna, Dominion of India in 1949 to Ishar Singh and Mahinder Kaur. [2] He grew up in Patna and graduated with a BA (and incomplete MA degree) before arriving in Canada in 1971 and then went to Lakehead University. After years working a various jobs, Singh studied and applied for law school and completed his Ontario bar exams to practise as a litigation lawyer in Guelph, Ontario. [3]
His professional misconduct, including the misappropriation of funds and continuing to practise after being suspended, [4] caused Singh to be removed from the Order of Canada on 10 December 2008. [5] [6] [7] [8] He is also barred from practising as a lawyer in the province of Ontario. [9]
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